Head of Financial Crime

Client of Ethics HR

Define and implement the bank s Financial Crime strategy covering AML, CTF, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, and financial crime risk management aligned with regulatory expectations and international best practices.

Establish and maintain financial crime policies, procedures, and control frameworks to ensure full compliance with Central Bank of Egypt regulations, FATF standards, and relevant international compliance requirements.

Lead the end-to-end financial crime lifecycle including customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, case investigation, and suspicious activity reporting.

Oversee the design and optimization of digital onboarding controls including KYC verification, risk scoring models, and customer risk classification within the bank s digital channels.

Implement and continuously enhance transaction monitoring and financial crime detection capabilities using analytics, rule engines, and automated monitoring tools suitable for a digital banking environment.

Provide second-line oversight and advisory to business, product, and technology teams to ensure financial crime risks are embedded into new product launches, digital journeys, and operational processes.

Lead investigations into suspicious activities, coordinate regulatory reporting requirements, and ensure timely submission of reports to relevant authorities in accordance with Egyptian regulatory obligations.

Develop financial crime risk dashboards and management reporting frameworks to monitor key indicators, emerging risks, and compliance performance across the bank.

Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Technology teams to strengthen fraud prevention controls, identity verification mechanisms, and transaction monitoring capabilities.

Conduct periodic financial crime risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities across customer segments, products, and channels and implement mitigation measures.

Manage relationships with regulators, auditors, and external stakeholders regarding financial crime compliance matters and regulatory inspections.

Build and lead a high-performing financial crime team covering AML operations, monitoring, investigations, sanctions screening, and policy governance.