Head of AML/CTF
Paysafe is seeking an experienced Head of AML/CTF to lead and oversee the Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, sanctions, and wider financial crime framework across its regulated payments and e-money businesses.
As the designated AML/CTF Officer, the successful candidate will play a critical leadership role in ensuring effective financial crime risk management, regulatory compliance, and governance across the organisation. They will serve as a key point of contact for regulators, provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, and help shape the future of financial crime compliance within a dynamic and evolving regulatory environment.
This is a unique opportunity to lead financial crime compliance for a leading global payments business, working closely with senior stakeholders, regulators, and Group functions while helping shape the future of AML/CTF and financial crime risk management across a rapidly evolving payments landscape.
- Act as the firm's designated AML/CTF Officer (PCF-52) and primary contact with the Central Bank of Ireland and other relevant regulatory authorities.
- Lead and maintain the AML/CTF framework across payments, e-money, and relevant crypto-asset activities.
- Oversee customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, suspicious transaction reporting, customer risk assessments, and Travel Rule compliance.
- Lead AML/CTF risk assessments, regulatory change initiatives, and implementation of evolving European regulatory requirements.
- Provide regular reporting, assurance, and strategic advice to Boards and Senior Management on financial crime risks and controls.
- Lead regulatory inspections, supervisory engagements, and remediation programmes.
- Oversee outsourced and intra-group financial crime controls and governance arrangements.
- Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations, and Product teams to ensure financial crime risks associated with new products, services, and strategic initiatives are appropriately managed.
- Support Group-wide financial crime strategy, governance, risk assessments, and regulatory change programmes.
- Lead and develop a high-performing AML/CTF function while promoting a strong culture of compliance and risk management.
- Significant experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, and financial crime compliance within regulated financial services. (required)
- Deep expertise in payments, electronic money, cross-border EEA operations, and ideally crypto-asset services. (required)
- Proven experience engaging with the Central Bank of Ireland and other European regulators, including inspections, supervisory reviews, and remediation activities. (required)
- Demonstrated experience leading AML/CTF teams within a complex international financial services environment. (required)
- CBI-approved PCF-52 for 3-5+ years, or Senior MLRO with 8-10+ years' experience, including at least 3-5 years leading AML programmes and regularly reporting to Boards and regulators. (required)
- Strong knowledge of Irish and EU AML/CTF regulations, including AMLR, AMLA, MiCAR, and Travel Rule requirements. (required)
- Professional AML qualification such as CAMS. (nice-to-have)
- Free breakfast available.
- Flexible holiday policy with the option to buy or sell holiday days and carry over up to 5 days into the next year.
- Opportunity to work abroad for up to 2 weeks per year (subject to HR approval).
- Private health insurance, including pre-existing conditions, fertility cover, and travel cover.
- Income protection and life assurance.
- Enhanced paid family policies.
- £50 credit into Skrill, Neteller, and Paysafe Card wallets upon joining.
- Summer hours with a 3pm finish every Friday during June, July, and August.
- Access to six employee-led equality communities.
Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy, with a strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming, e-commerce, retail, travel and hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across 12 countries and annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences.