Head of Financial Crime & Risk Prevention (m/f/d)

Stellenbeschreibung:

Location: Neu-Isenburg | Area: Corp. Functions | Contract type: Full time / part time possible

SEB Kort Group is looking for an experienced and passionate leader to take on the new role of Head of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention. With the planned legal merger with AirPlus and increased regulatory expectations, you will play a key role in integrating the two companies, strengthening financial crime prevention, and enabling an optimised way of working that also improves the customer experience.

Your tasks

Define and implement the strategic direction of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention across the organisation
Develop and consolidate a clear vision, operating model, and priorities for a multi disciplinary FCP function
incorporating fraud, KYC and AML Transaction Monitoring
Provide disciplinary and functional leadership to senior managers and their teams, including coaching and capability building
Own and steer continuous improvement of FCRP services, controls, and delivery quality
Drive a focused agenda of operational efficiency and automation, leveraging AI capabilities
Own budget responsibility, resource planning, and capability scaling
Establish a culture of trust, accountability, and regulatory excellence

Your qualification

You are an experienced leader with relevant leadership experience from Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) and/or closely related areas
You have a passion for combining regulatory demands with effective internal processes and a great customer experience
You are self-driven and know how to set, communicate and deliver on a clear agenda
You are a strong collaborator who addresses challenges in a solution-orientated way, appreciating different perspectives and deliveries
You have proven experience leading regulatory or governance change in a complex, cross-border environment
You have experience managing communication with regulators and other authorities in Europe, including supervisory dialogues, audits and remediation follow-up
You bring strong working knowledge of key regulatory frameworks across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and payments regulation (PSD2 and upcoming PSD3/PSR) and can translate them into practical requirements and operating models

Classification in the AirPlus organizational model (Cube): This role is classified in the basic profile ML 2 (Job family: corp. Functions / Orientation: Guiding/ Impact Level: high).