Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike
- with a vision to help all businesses 'go beyond'. About Pleo Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike
- with a vision to help all businesses 'go beyond'.

About The Role
We're looking for a Financial Crime Framework & Innovation Manager to lead our KYC Framework & Controls team in Pleo's first line of defence. The team owns our financial crime framework across the UK and EU/EEA, covering KYC, AML/CFT and sanctions screening. the bigger opportunity is using AI and technology to cut manual effort and sharpen our controls. Who You'll Be Working With And Reporting To You'll report to our DK/EEA MLRO and lead a remote team of five financial crime specialists. You'll partner with Operations, who run our KYC processes, plus Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance and our separate transaction monitoring team. What You'll Be Doing Own and evolve Pleo's financial crime framework for KYC, AML/CFT and sanctions screening across the UK and EU/EEA Lead and support a remote team of specialists, building trust and a real sense of team Use automation and AI to reduce manual effort and improve decision quality Shape our readiness for the EU AML Regulation Manage regulatory audits and inspections, and help set the team's annual strategy On the roadmap: the screening vendor migration (go‐live planned for Q1) and the EU AML Regulation, which applies from July 2027.



We're also finalising a new financial crime operating model, so some responsibilities may shift. What You Bring Significant experience designing and improving financial crime frameworks, controls and operating models in the UK or EU Demonstrable experience driving innovation, for example AI-enabled workflows or automated controls The ability to turn complex financial crime concepts into clear, practical guidance Hands‐on experience preparing for the EU AML Regulation You might come from a fintech or a bank. If you're from a larger bank, show us where you've owned broad scope. Why is this role a good fit for you You want broad ownership across KYC, AML and sanctions You'd rather lead an office‐based team. Yours is fully remote, and connection takes deliberate effort Take day‐to‐day ownership of the EU AML Regulation programme Bring your remote team closer together Beyond that, you'll lead the AI and efficiency agenda across financial crime, with room to grow your scope as the operating model matures. Lunch is on us for your work days
- enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office

We offer
25 days of holiday + your public holidays For our Team,

we offer
both hybrid and fully remote working options A 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background. Some of the key reasons why previous candidates didn't make it past the application screening stage include: CV writing and content: we receive a lot of CVs, and many of them are AI-generated. A top tip from us is to use the "Achieved X, as measured by Y, by doing Z" formula (credit: About Your Application English first. Since it's our company language, please submit your application in English. Your data is safe. When you apply, we process your personal data as a data processor. For more information on how Pleo processes personal data, read our Privacy Policy here.

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