CDD Manager

CDD Manager

The Role - What will you be doing? 

Are you a hands-on financial crime expert with a passion for building robust compliance frameworks and a talent for mentoring others? We are looking for a Financial Crime Advisory Manager for CDD & Onboarding Oversight to join our 2nd Line of Defence team. This is a brand-new, critical role created to own our client onboarding framework and ensure our controls and policies are best-in-class as we scale.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Crime, you will be the firm's subject matter expert on all things related to Customer Due Diligence (CDD). You will own the policies, provide decisive guidance on the most complex cases, and directly contribute to the development of our 1st Line team. Your mission is to strike the perfect balance between driving onboarding efficiency and upholding the highest standards of regulatory compliance that define our business.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Policy Ownership: Take full ownership of developing, writing, and maintaining the firm's policies and procedures for CDD, KYC, EDD, and work with the wider financial crime leadership team on the Client Risk Assessment. Ensure that new client types are seamlessly incorporated into these policies, with clear guidance for the 1st Line on what information to request.
• Expert Advisory & Escalations: Serve as the primary escalation point and subject matter expert for the 1st Line team. Provide risk-based decisions on complex corporate structures, source of wealth/funds, and high-risk client profiles specific to the digital asset industry.
• Training & Development: Design and deliver a targeted training program for the 1st Line team. Your goal will be to uplift their expertise, improve the quality of their work, and ensure a consistent application of policy. You will also provide direct mentoring to the team.
• Quality Assurance & Risk Management: Collaborate with our QC, QA, and Internal Controls teams to design and implement a 2nd Line Quality Assurance framework. Use the results from these reviews to identify control gaps, provide targeted feedback, and ensure that AML and Terrorist Financing risks remain low.
• Horizon Scanning: Stay ahead of the curve by monitoring new financial crime typologies in the crypto sector and evolving UK and global regulations. Ensure that our controls are always current, effective, and compliant.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with the 1st Line leadership, the MLRO’s, and the wider financial crime leadership team to ensure a cohesive and effective approach to managing risk across the business.
• Reporting: Develop and deliver clear and insightful Management Information (MI) for senior stakeholders. Your reports will provide a comprehensive view of the health of our CDD control environment, QA results, and key risk indicators.
• Financial Crime Risk Assessment: Take the lead on conducting comprehensive financial crime risk assessments for all new products, services, and technologies before they are launched. This includes identifying potential money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions risks.

So, what are we looking for?

If you can demonstrate the following experience/skills  below, we would love to have a conversation.

• Proven experience in a senior financial crime, AML, or compliance role, with a strong focus on CDD and EDD.
• Crypto Sector Acumen: Demonstrable experience working with and understanding the risks of institutional clients in the crypto/digital asset industry (e.g., exchanges, funds, market makers).
• Expertise in providing advisory support and managing escalations for a frontline team.
• Strong understanding of complex corporate structures, source of wealth, and financial crime typologies in the digital asset space.
• Strong understanding of the UK & EU AML & CTF regulations and those specifically around crypto assets such as MiCA and the emerging regulatory landscape of the FCA around crypto assets.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a track record of building effective relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in creating and delivering training programs.
• A relevant professional certification (e.g., CAMS, ICA) is highly desirable.

So, what’s in it for you?

Our people are constantly striving to be the best through operational excellence. The professional development and learning opportunities create an agile, hardworking, conscientious, and knowledgeable team. 

The opportunities for personal growth are exponential. You grow as the business grows. The roles and responsibilities are broad and ever-changing, and the dynamism of BCB keeps you engaged and highly motivated.  

At BCB, we believe in empowering individuals to create a culture of personal growth, together, and driving empowerment from the bottom up, up-skilling every individual at every level. This means our team has a sense of commonality and belonging, driven by a shared belief in our mission. We’re passionate about our business, our people, and providing 360-degree support for success.

• The chance to operate at the forefront of our industry                                   
• You can talk to anyone in the business as there are no barriers and everyone is accessible
• You will be collaborating with teams on a hybrid working arrangement
• We value team success where every individual can grow and prosper
• 30 days annual leave each year, excluding bank holidays
• 4 wellbeing days per year to prioritise your mental health 
• 1 company volunteering day per year
• Strong benefits package including; Private Healthcare, Pension, Income Protection (long-term absence), Life Insurance, Menopause Policy, and an enhanced Parental Leave policy

About BCB GROUP

BCB Group is a leading provider of regulated payment and trading services in crypto and fiat for the digital asset economy. We provide accounts, cryptocurrency and foreign exchange market liquidity for some of the world’s largest, crypto-engaged businesses, including crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, market makers, investment firms, custodians, payment processors and wallet providers.

Our end-to-end suite of products are accessible through our Client Console UI and API. We offer more than 40 fiat and cryptocurrencies, deep trading liquidity, 24/7 instant payments through our instant settlements network, BLINC, and secure crypto services. Our strong focus on compliance matches our technical and business expertise, and we are regulated by some of the world’s most respected regulators. Authorised in the UK, France and Switzerland, we place the utmost importance on our regulatory-first institutional principles.

Our leadership team boasts years of relevant, high-level experience at globally-renowned institutions. They combine finance, law, regulatory and technology skills in traditional and crypto financial services with a deep understanding of the new digital asset economy.

Our mission is to create the trusted platform to pay, store, trade and earn fiat and digital assets, globally 24/7

www.bcbgroup.com