Our client is seeking to recruit an AML Manager to join the team. The person will report into the Head of AML and will manage a portfolio of client engagements, lead advisory workstreams, and deliver practical, value-added AML solutions.
Duties include:
- Provide expert AML compliance guidance to clients across a range of financial services sectors
- Support clients through AML regulatory interactions, including preparation for supervisory engagements and post-inspection remediation
- Manage a portfolio of client engagements, delivering against agreed timelines, scope, and quality standards
- Lead and coordinate AML advisory workstreams, ensuring consistent, high-quality output
- Help clients design and implement robust AML policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks
- Deliver training on regulatory obligations, industry best practice, and emerging regulatory developments support clients with regulatory reporting, ensuring accurate and timely submissions
- Build strong client relationships and contribute to business development
- Provide practical, risk-based recommendations to strengthen compliance frameworks
- Track regulatory and industry developments, with particular attention to the fintech space
Requirements
- Person must be eligible to be PQ'd
- Strong AML experience is required for this role
- Strong ethical principles, a client-focused mindset, and the independence to make unbiased compliance decisions while handling confidential regulatory matters with discretion
- Expert-level knowledge of the Maltese AML/CFT framework (PMLA, PMLFTR, FIAU Implementing Procedures), with strong familiarity with GoAML, CASPAR, EU Directives, AMLA requirements, and FATF Recommendations
- Strong client relationship management, with the credibility to act as a trusted advisor
- Effective project and stakeholder management,
- Local experience is required
Education and experience
- University degree (MQF Level 6 or equivalent) in Risk Management, Law, Finance, or Audit; a professional AML certification (ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent) is preferred
