G MASS

KYC/CDD Team Lead

Financial Crime & AMLConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBelfast, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Proven KYC/CDD and anti-money laundering knowledge, with a strong understanding of relevant regulations.
Proven experience leading a team within a financial services environment.
Experience managing teams in a fast-paced setting.
Proven ability to review decisions and deliver constructive feedback.
Confident stakeholder management skills across global functions.
Strong understanding of Financial Conduct Authority-regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Lead a team responsible for customer due diligence checks, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
Provide guidance on complex KYC/CDD cases and decision-making.
Review analyst decisions and provide constructive feedback, managing performance in a high-volume environment.
Own workflow governance and quality control standards.
Produce and enhance management information reporting for senior management.
Plan capacity and manage performance.
Engage stakeholders across Compliance, Front Office, and Operations globally.
Identify and escalate issues or risks requiring further supervision or senior management assistance in a timely manner.
Identify and implement process improvements.

KYC/CDD Team Lead

G MASS · Belfast, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Contract · Posted 2026-07-21

Workplace: hybrid

Description

We are supporting a Financial Institution on the appointment of a KYC/CDD Team Lead to manage a team responsible for CDD checks, ensuring adherence to internal policy and regulatory standards across a high-volume financial markets environment.

This mandate combines day-to-day team leadership with hands-on decision-making support, covering complex case guidance, quality control, MI reporting and stakeholder engagement across the business. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving performance, embedding process improvements and acting as an escalation point for risk and compliance matters.

Responsibilities

Leading a team responsible for KYC/CDD checks, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
Providing guidance on complex KYC/CDD cases and decision-making
Reviewing analyst decisions and providing constructive feedback, managing performance in a high volume environment
Ownership of workflow governance and quality control standards
Production and enhancement of MI reporting for senior management
Capacity planning and performance management
Stakeholder engagement across Compliance, Front Office and Operations globally
Identifying and escalating issues or risks requiring further supervision or senior management assistance in a timely manner
Identification and implementation of process improvements

Requirements

Proven KYC/CDD and AML knowledge, with a strong understanding of relevant regulations
Proven experience leading a team within a financial services environment
Excellent communication skills, with experience managing teams in a fast-paced setting
Proven ability to review decisions and deliver constructive feedback
Confident stakeholder management skills across global functions
Strong understanding of FCA-regulated environments

Benefits

Hybrid working model with 3 days in office.

Salary: to be discussed, competitive

Contract length: initial 6 months

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