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As a Senior Manager - CDD Onboarding Lead, within our Financial Crime & Compliance practice, you will take ownership of the end-to-end management of CDD onboarding engagements, leading a large team of analysts to deliver high-quality client due diligence reviews. This leadership role requires deep expertise in CDD and AML frameworks, alongside strong management, people leadership capability and the ability to develop a team. You will have a strong commitment to quality and be responsible for setting and maintaining high standards across your team, managing delivery against business priorities and goals and have a right first-time mindset.
Job Responsibility
Lead and manage the delivery of CDD onboarding team, overseeing the end-to-end review of onboarding files against applicable KYC/AML regulatory requirements, ensuring quality, consistency and timeliness across all workstreams
Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders/partners, building trusted relationships and providing clear, confident updates on progress, risks and issues
Manage and mentor a large team of CDD analysts, driving performance through structured feedback, coaching, and day-to-day support
Maintain governance oversight of our CDD frameworks, procedures and quality controls, ensuring consistency and regulatory alignment across all engagements
Support the team to identify and escalate complex or high-risk cases, including PEPs, sanctioned entities, adverse media flags, and complex ownership structures, providing clear guidance to the FCC team on risk-based decision-making
Play an active role in the training and upskilling of junior and newly joined colleagues, sharing technical knowledge and helping to build capability across the team
Requirements
Significant, demonstrable experience in CDD/KYC onboarding within a professional or financial services environment, with a track record of leading large teams and complex engagements is essential
Proven background in leading CDD or KYC onboarding teams at scale, ideally within a professional services or financial services environment is essential
Experience managing and developing high-performing teams across multiple locations in a deadline-driven environment, with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement
Experience managing high-volume CDD engagements, with a particular focus on corporate onboarding and the complexities that come with it, including complex ownership structures, multi-jurisdictional entities and escalated risk profiles, would be a strong advantage
The ability to manage competing priorities effectively, requiring swift allocation, clear delegation and confident decision-making under pressure
Strong technical knowledge of KYC/AML regulatory requirements, including sanctions, PEP & adverse media screening frameworks
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage at Partner & Director level
Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI or equivalent) are desirable but not essential
Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, with the ability to navigate complex corporate structures & ownership chains