Global Head of AML Program, UK (Second Line of Defense)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global company operating across international financial services and regulated commerce.

What you will do

• Lead and maintain the UK AML and Financial Crime Compliance framework in alignment with global policies and regulatory requirements.
• Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge across AML, CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and broader financial crime controls.
• Oversee financial crime risk assessments, control effectiveness reviews, risk escalation, remediation, and monitoring of emerging typologies.
• Manage regulatory examinations, information requests, audits, remediation activities, and relationships with regulators and external stakeholders.
• Develop policies, standards, procedures, customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, suspicious activity reporting, and risk reporting.
• Lead and develop financial crime professionals while contributing to global financial crime strategy and transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant AML, financial crime compliance, compliance, or risk management experience in financial services, payments, fintech, banking, or another regulated industry.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex AML and financial crime programs within a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK AML regulations, sanctions requirements, and financial crime risk management practices.
• Experience operating within a Second Line of Defense framework and providing independent challenge.
• Experience engaging regulators, executive leadership teams, governance committees, and geographically dispersed stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFCS, ICA Diploma, or equivalent.
• Experience in payments, merchant acquiring, fintech, or global financial services organizations.
• Familiarity with global AML regulatory frameworks and international financial crime standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, global, and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities to work with international teams and contribute to enterprise-wide priorities.
• Focus on learning, talent development, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.