Afco Manager Italy

**About the opportunity**:
We are in search of a proactive and dedicated Manager to play a pivotal role in our AFC Operations department. This role is instrumental in ensuring the alignment with pertinent regulations and our internal policies related to Anti-Financial Crime (AFC), establishing a trustworthy compliance culture within N26.

**In this role, you will**:
As an AFC Operations Manager, you will assume responsibility for the oversight of a variety of Anti-Financial Crime tasks including but not limited to only guiding a team of AFC Investigators and working in collaboration with other Team Leads. Your role will be central to building bridges between operational execution and strategic management, ensuring seamless interaction and effective project and process implementation.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Actively lead and engage with Team-leads and Associates, guiding the implementation of strategic initiatives and objectives, and fostering collaborative and inclusive team dynamics.
- Driving internal improvement projects with considerable impact, while being up-to-date with regulatory alterations, ensuring that the team is informed and processes are compliant.
- Lead the team in identifying and mitigating risks, ensuring a culture of risk awareness and proactive management through comprehensive action plans.
- Serve as a key figure in communications with external and internal stakeholders, leading with extensive regulatory knowledge and industry best practices, and setting an example in professional external engagement.
- Lead the utilization of data analytics to strategically monitor KPIs, exceed SLAs, and anticipate operational and/or market trends, demonstrating a commitment to informed data-driven leadership.
- Participating in and contributing to the design and implementation of compliance operational procedures and processes.
- Fostering a positive and motivational environment, encouraging team members to reach their full potential, and contributing to their professional development.

Take charge of the Italian market's compliance landscape, demonstrating adept leadership in navigating its complexities, deepening our local expertise, and ensuring stringent alignment with evolving regulatory requirements.

**What you need to be successful**:
**Background**:

- Significant experience in Anti Financial Crime, AML, Compliance or similar fields.
- Demonstrated proven experience in managing teams and influencing to harmonizing organizational structures and processes in a complex environment.
- Comprehensive understanding of the local regulatory framework in Italy.

**Skills**:

- Proficient in English and Italian.
- Good knowledge of regulations.
- Demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, including conflict resolution, fostering a collaborative team environment, and leading teams through complex regulatory landscapes
- Ability to analyze data to inform decisions and forecasts.
- Hands-on leadership approach, with a willingness to directly engage in team development and act as a mentor for the further leadership teams.

**Traits**:

- A strong proponent for fostering a learning culture within the team and leading by example in challenging the status quo.
- Ability to strategically align global objectives with local actions, demonstrating decisiveness and a strong bias for informed action.
- Capacity to give and receive open, direct, and timely feedback.

A self-starter who actively cultivates leadership qualities in others, encouraging team members to succeed and grow.

**What's in it for you**:

- Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe's most talked about disruptors.
- Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
- As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
- Vacation days vary depending on your location of work. Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
- A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses.
- A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.
- N26 has reimagined banking for today's digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it's how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

Founded in 2013, N26 now has 7 million customers in 24 markets. We employ more than 1,500 employees across 3 office locations in Berlin, Vienna and Barcelona. Besides the main offices,