Financial Crime Compliance Manager

We are a rapidly growing pan-European digital wealth manager, serving over 167,000 active investors with more than £5.5 billion invested on our platform. We began in Milan in 2011 with the purpose to help more people improve their financial well-being by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. Fast forward to today, and we are recognised as one of the most innovative fintechs, headquartered in the heart of London.

With a team of 220+ people across 4 offices in Italy and the UK, we are proudly backed and funded by major partners including Poste Italiane, Cabot Square Capital, United Ventures, and Allianz.

Our vision

Our vision is to combine passion, expertise, and technology to provide best-in-class investment solutions and advice that protects and grows client wealth over time.

Our Core Values:

We’ve built our business on three Principles:

• Relationships are our first asset: We’re one team, built on trust, honesty, and transparency. We value our relationships above all else.
• Trust drives success: We give each other the space to grow. We empower our employees to succeed, so they can make a real impact.
• Our customers dream big, just like us: We see the bigger picture and we make sure our customers see it, too. We’re always focused on the best outcomes for our clients and for each other, no matter what the goal, or how big the dream

What this means in practice:

At Moneyfarm, our success comes from the impact each of us makes. We move with purpose, urgency, and ambition, focused on delivering outcomes that matter for our clients and our business. Everyone is empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn bold ideas into results. As we evolve, we embrace AI as a catalyst for sharper thinking, smarter decisions, and even greater impact.

Our diversity makes this possible. Different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel our creativity and drive better decisions — it’s our competitive edge. We value people for who they are and their unique strengths: that's why we offer flexible ways of working to support them in doing their best work.

About the role:

Moneyfarm is looking for an experienced Financial Crime Compliance Manager to lead our Group-wide Financial Crime strategy across Italy and the UK. This is our most senior Financial Crime role, responsible for setting the strategic direction, ensuring regulatory compliance, and overseeing AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud, ABC, Market Abuse, KYC and onboarding controls across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance the Group Financial Crime Framework, policies and risk appetite.
• Oversee AML/CTF controls, KYC/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring and onboarding processes.
• Own the annual Financial Crime Risk Assessment and key thematic reviews.
• Act as primary SME for FCA, Bank of Italy and CONSOB interactions and regulatory requests.
• Prepare high-quality MI, reporting and insights for the Board, ExCo and Risk Committee.
• Lead investigations, SAR/STR drafting and liaison with FIUs and law enforcement.
• Oversee fraud risk management, including cyber-enabled and identity-related threats.
• Manage AML/KYC/TM technology vendors and contribute to the Financial Crime tech roadmap.
• Deliver Financial Crime training and promote a strong culture of awareness and escalation.

Requirements

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Italian language skills or experience dealing with Italian regulators.
• Experience in digital wealth management or robo-advisory.
• 5+ years’ experience in AML/Financial Crime within fintech, wealth management or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of FCA, Bank of Italy/CONSOB rules, MLR 2017, JMLSG and EU AML frameworks.
• Proven experience leading Financial Crime frameworks in a multi-jurisdiction environment.
• Strong SAR/STR drafting experience with UK and/or Italian FIUs.
• Hands-on experience with onboarding, screening and transaction monitoring systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (Board/ExCo level).

Desirable

• Exposure to AI/ML-enabled AML or fraud detection tools.

Qualifications

• ICA, ACAMS, CISI Financial Crime or equivalent certification.
• Degree in Law, Finance, Risk, Criminology or related field.