Financial Crime Compliance - Manager

Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed. If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future. Financial Crime Compliance - Manager Ebury London Victoria Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home per week About the Role We are looking for an experienced, strategic, and forward-thinking Manager, Financial Crime Compliance to join our team. Reporting directly to the Group Compliance Director, you will own the design, drafting, maintenance, and continual evolution of Ebury's global Financial Crime framework (AML, CTF, ABC) This is a pivotal leadership role that blends expert regulatory advisory with hands-on group policy and framework drafting, high-impact strategic project leadership, and a sharp focus on operational efficiency and innovation. You will be expected to challenge the status quo, partner with the business to simplify and automate controls (including through the deployment of AI-driven solutions), and provide ongoing, opinionated insight into the health and direction of the financial crime programme. Key Responsibilities: I. Group Policy, Framework Design & Evolution Group Policy & Framework Drafting: Take primary ownership for drafting Ebury's group-wide Financial Crime policies, standards, and frameworks. Ensure all documentation is technically accurate, regulator-ready, and consistent across jurisdictions, entities, and product lines. Framework Design & Continual Evolution: Lead the design, development, and continual evolution of Ebury's global Financial Crime Programme, establishing the target operating model and ensuring the framework meets current and anticipated regulatory standards. Vertical-Specific Framework Drafting: Develop bespoke Compliance frameworks to accommodate new client verticals and industries, designing internal systems and controls proportionate to the financial crime risks of each segment. Strategic Advisory: Act as the final escalation point for complex internal inquiries, policy queries, and general guidance, providing authoritative interpretation and documented risk-based decisions to the business. II. Business Partnership, Control Simplification & Efficiency Control Simplification Advisory: Partner with first-line business teams to review existing financial crime controls, identify friction or duplication, and advise on pragmatic, risk-based simplification without compromising regulatory effectiveness. Efficiency & Enhancement Identification: Continuously assess the financial crime control environment to identify areas where controls can be strengthened, streamlined, or re-engineered. Maintain a live view of enhancement opportunities, prioritised by risk and business impact. Process Re-engineering: Work alongside Operations, Product, and Technology teams to redesign processes that are manual, inconsistent, or operationally inefficient, ensuring compliance outcomes are preserved or improved. III. Automation & AI-Enabled Compliance Automation Strategy: Champion and drive the adoption of automation across the financial crime function — from rules-based workflow automation through to advanced analytics and machine learning. AI Agent Development: Work in close partnership with Technology, Data, and Product teams to scope, design, and deploy AI agents and AI-assisted tooling across activities such as alert triage, KYC/EDD review support, sanctions screening enhancement, horizon scanning, and policy interpretation. Define the control framework, governance model, and human-oversight requirements that sit around these tools. Innovation Governance: Ensure all automation and AI initiatives within the financ