KYC/CDD Team Lead
At a glance
Senior Risk & Financial Compliance role at G MASS. Belfast · contract.
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What you'll do
- Guide a team through CDD checks, helping analysts resolve complex KYC/CDD cases and make sound decisions
- Review analysts’ case decisions, give practical feedback and manage performance in a busy workload
- Set workflow controls and quality checks, then improve management information reporting
- Plan team capacity and coordinate with Compliance, Front Office and Operations across global functions
- Escalate significant risk issues and put process improvements into practice
What you bring
- You know KYC/CDD and AML requirements, including the regulations that apply
- You have led a team in financial services and can manage people in a fast-moving setting
- You can assess case decisions, give useful feedback and work with stakeholders across global functions
- You understand FCA-regulated settings
Who this fits
This senior role suits someone who can combine team leadership with hands-on case decisions, quality oversight and risk escalation. It is a contractor position with an initial six-month term. The role is hybrid, with three days in the office in Belfast.
From the employer
We are supporting a Financial Institution on the appointment of a KYC/CDD Team Lead to manage a team responsible for CDD checks, ensuring adherence to internal policy and regulatory standards across a high-volume financial markets environment.
This mandate combines day-to-day team leadership with hands-on decision-making support, covering complex case guidance, quality control, MI reporting and stakeholder engagement across the business. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving performance, embedding process improvements and acting as an escalation point for risk and compliance matters.
Responsibilities
- Leading a team responsible for KYC/CDD checks, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
- Providing guidance on complex KYC/CDD cases and decision-making
- Reviewing analyst decisions and providing constructive feedback, managing performance in a high volume environment
- Ownership of workflow governance and quality control standards
- Production and enhancement of MI reporting for senior management
- Capacity planning and performance management
- Stakeholder engagement across Compliance, Front Office and Operations globally
- Identifying and escalating issues or risks requiring further supervision or senior management assistance in a timely manner
- Identification and implementation of process improvements
Requirements
- Proven KYC/CDD and AML knowledge, with a strong understanding of relevant regulations
- Proven experience leading a team within a financial services environment
- Excellent communication skills, with experience managing teams in a fast-paced setting
- Proven ability to review decisions and deliver constructive feedback
- Confident stakeholder management skills across global functions
- Strong understanding of FCA-regulated environments
Benefits
Hybrid working model with 3 days in office.
Salary: to be discussed, competitive
Contract length: initial 6 months
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