AML Team Lead

Job Description
Deriv (Europe) Ltd in Malta is looking to recruit an AML Team Lead to join their team on a full-time basis. 

Our team:
We are the Compliance team, responsible for managing regulatory compliance within the company. We perform a wide range of tasks, such as ensuring operational compliance with regulations, assisting with regulatory audits and annual statutory audits, conducting anti-fraud checks on clients, and analysing trade and payment activities for abuse. Our work is essential to the company’s sustainability and ambition.

Your role:
As an AML Team Lead at Deriv, you’ll assist in the smooth running of our Compliance Operations business processes and workflows. Using your analytical and critical thinking skills, you’ll evaluate and improve policies to manage potential risks, implement new compliance initiatives, and lead your team in compliance operations.

Your challenges:

• Build, mentor, and lead an efficient team that is well-versed in compliance operations.
• Lead the team in KYC, CDD, EDD, AML, and CTF checks and investigations, and ensure tasks are completed on time.
• Coordinate with various business teams for information regarding AML and CTF regulations, internal and external policies and procedures, and provide advice to company employees and management based on the findings.
• Identify and resolve compliance operations issues to protect the company from compliance risks.
• Provide guidance and training related to AML and CTF policies for company staff to spread awareness.
• Stay up to date with any new regulatory developments that govern our regulated business.

What you have:

• University degree in law, risk management, criminology, finance, or a related field
• 3-5 years of experience in compliance
• Knowledge of fraud processes and applications, including AML and CTF regulations and red flags
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical capabilities in a similar capacity or keen interest to move into this area
• Proficiency in Excel and big data analysis
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Self-motivation and flexibility at task rotations
• Ability to make sound judgement based on limited information
• Strong organisational skills and ability to work proactively
• High level of integrity, reliability, and work ethic

What we’ll give you:

• Market-based salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Health benefits
• Casual dress code
• Travel and internet allowances

Deriv (Europe) Ltd:
Founded in 1999, Deriv.com (formerly Binary.com) is a pioneer in online trading. We enable our customers to trade on the world’s financial markets. Focused on customer-centric solutions, we aspire to be the world’s leading online trading service provider. A career at Deriv.com offers you the opportunity to make an impact in a fast-growing organisation that’s at the cutting edge of online trading technology.