Head of Financial Crime & Risk Prevention (m/f/d)

SEB Kort Group is looking for an experienced and passionate leader to take on the new role of Head of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention. With the planned legal merger with AirPlus and increased regulatory expectations, you will play a key role in integrating the two companies, strengthening financial crime prevention, and enabling an optimised way of working that also improves the customer experience.

Deine Aufgaben / Your responsibilities

• Define and implement the strategic direction of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention across the organisation
• Develop and consolidate a clear vision, operating model, and priorities for a multi disciplinary FCP function incorporating fraud, KYC and AML Transaction Monitoring
• Provide disciplinary and functional leadership to senior managers and their teams, including coaching and capability building
• Own and steer continuous improvement of FCRP services, controls, and delivery quality
• Drive a focused agenda of operational efficiency and automation, leveraging AI capabilities
• Own budget responsibility, resource planning, and capability scaling
• Establish a culture of trust, accountability, and regulatory excellence

Deine Qualifikation / Your qualifications

• You are an experienced leader with relevant leadership experience from Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) and/or closely related areas
• You have a passion for combining regulatory demands with effective internal processes and a great customer experience
• You are self-driven and know how to set, communicate and deliver on a clear agenda
• You are a strong collaborator who addresses challenges in a solution-orientated way, appreciating different perspectives and deliveries
• You have proven experience leading regulatory or governance change in a complex, cross-border environment
• You have experience managing communication with regulators and other authorities in Europe, including supervisory dialogues, audits and remediation follow-up
• You bring strong working knowledge of key regulatory frameworks across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and payments regulation (PSD2 and upcoming PSD3/PSR) and can translate them into practical requirements and operating models
• Classification in the AirPlus organizational model (Cube): This role is classified in the basic profile ML 2 (Job family: corp. Functions / Orientation: Guiding/ Impact Level: high).

Benefits

AirPlus International

We believe that businesses should be able to focus on what matters to them. Payment can be a hassle and a distraction – we’ve been making it smart and simple for over 30 years, and help 53,000 companies around the world save time and money with solutions smart enough to stand the test of time and deliver real, sustainable value – every day.

Simple only works if it’s smart, and that goes for worklife too. At AirPlus, we do it right to let you shine.

We think about your future… because staying curious and making bold moves in your area of expertise takes someone having your back.

We feel dynamic… because our international flair, experienced leadership, and commitment to adaptability let us go the extra mile for our customers and each other.

We act in collaboration… because engaged teams and trustful, human relationships mean doing whatever it takes to make it happen as a team.

Visit us at airplus.com to learn more about a future in corporate payment.