Group Manager, Financial Crime Americas

• Lead, develop, and scale the Americas Financial Crime organization, overseeing high-performing teams across Chicago and São Paulo (3 teams)
• Oversee complex investigations across Adyen’s Acquiring, Issuing, Banking, and Capital products
• Act as the final escalation point for high-stakes AML, Sanctions, and Fraud cases, ensuring SAR/STR recommendations are bulletproof
• Monitor emerging AML, sanctions, and FinCrime typologies and regulatory developments, translating insights into improved controls, risk coverage, and operational readiness
• Implement and continuously enhance policies, procedures, and controls across transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, investigations, escalation, and regulatory reporting, aligned with Fraud and broader FinCrime strategy
• Drive operational excellence using data insights, automation, quality assurance, and root-cause analysis, while partnering cross-functionally to deliver scalable monitoring and detection capabilities
• Build team capability through hiring, performance management, training, leadership mentorship, and clear communication that supports professional growth and sustained high performance
• Provide performance visibility through outcome tracking, senior stakeholder reporting, audit and regulatory support, and execution of global AML & Screening priorities

• 6+ years of experience in AML, Screening, or broader Financial Crime within a financial institution, PSP, issuing bank, or fintech, including demonstrated people-leadership skills
• Proven leader with a track record of building, mentoring, and motivating high-performing teams, driving accountability, development, and a strong performance culture
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, able to interpret complex data, identify risk trends, and make sound, risk-based decisions in a KPI-driven environment
• Experienced in designing scalable processes, controls, and operational improvements, while managing investigations and screening activities with precision and attention to detail
• Effective communicator and collaborative partner, comfortable operating in fast-moving global environments, presenting to senior stakeholders, and adapting to evolving priorities
• Payments, banking, or FinTech experience is strongly preferred
• Full professional proficiency in English with clear written and verbal communication skills
• able to present insights to senior stakeholders
• Willingness to travel internationally as required

Payments, banking, or FinTech experience is strongly preferred

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