AFC Operations Manager

The AFC Operations team is primarily responsible for transaction monitoring and the KYC process, including PEP and sanctions screening. The team ensures that all customer activities comply with applicable AML and regulatory requirements, identifying and escalating suspicious activities where necessary.

What you'll do

• Manage and review alerts generated by Name List Screening systems, including Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), and Adverse Media. Conduct thorough KYC-related investigations to verify customer identities and mitigate potential risks.
• Handle the end-to-end Suspicious Activity Report (SAR/Verdachtsmeldung) process. Draft, review, and file SARs, ensuring that all filings and supporting documentation are accurate, timely, and meet strict regulatory requirements.
• Support the conceptual development and continuous optimisation of the bank's screening infrastructure, assisting in refining matching logic and tuning threshold settings to minimise false positives while ensuring relevant risks are captured.
• Execute operational monitoring activities and internal controls specific to the KYC and screening domain to ensure the daily output of the screening unit consistently meets high quality and regulatory standards.

What you'll need

• University degree in Law, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Solid professional experience (2-4 years) in Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) within financial services, with demonstrable focus on KYC, customer due diligence, and Name List Screening.
• Hands-on experience with SAR filing processes and good knowledge of national and international regulatory frameworks (e.g., German GwG, KWG, EU AML Directives) and global sanctions regimes (e.g., EU, OFAC, UN).
• Proven experience executing, documenting, and supporting optimisation of KYC and screening processes and workflows.
• Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail and ability to make well-founded decisions based on complex data.
• Business-level fluency in English combined with exceptional German language skills, both mandatory for this role.

What they offer

• Employee Development Budget of €2,000 and four full training days per year.
• Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
• Company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge) supported with 20%.
• Urban Sports Club membership subsidised with €20+ per month.
• Deutschland Ticket subsidised with €25 per month.
• JobRad bike leasing with insurance costs covered by Raisin.