AML Team Leader
As an AML Team Leader you will be responsible for leading a team of AML Analysts, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching, and support while remaining hands-on in casework whilst combining line management with a strong operational focus. As part of the role, you will handle a significant volume of complex cases, oversee escalations, and make decisions relating to ongoing AML monitoring and higher-risk customer activity.
- Coach, and support a team of AML Analysts, including regular 1-2-1s, performance feedback, and on-the-job training. Support onboarding and ongoing development of analysts, ensuring consistent and high-quality decision-.
- Review and analyse transactional behaviour to identify potential money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crime risks. Make risk-based decisions on account restrictions, continued monitoring, or escalations.
- Investigate alerts generated by monitoring systems, document findings, and prepare Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) for submission to authorities. Act as the first point of escalation for complex, sensitive, or higher-risk AML cases.
- Work closely with wider AML team including MLRO/DMLRO as well as Due Diligence, Fraud and Payments Teams.
- Assist in the ongoing assessment of AML risks associated with clients, products, and services.
- Support internal compliance training initiatives and stay updated on AML regulatory changes and industry best practices.
- Previous experience working in an AML or financial crime role, ideally within gambling, financial services, or a regulated environment (required).
- Solid understanding of AML concepts, including CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, and SAR obligations (required).
- Experience handling complex or higher-risk cases (required).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex behavioural and transactional data (required).
- Confident decision-making, particularly in ambiguous or higher-risk scenarios (required).
- Confident leader who supports, challenges, and develops others (required).
BVGroup is an online gambling operator and B2B technology solutions provider. We are known for our pioneering ethos. We are one of the few gambling companies to have our own in-house product and the first gaming company to use LED steeplechase advertising in horseracing. We also gave away £1 million to a single customer in our celebrated Euro 2016 campaign, The Million Pound Goal, and our World Cup 2018 campaign, The Golden Goal. We’ve undergone several changes since 1946, including being the first gambling company to move our operations to Gibraltar. We’re proud to partner with some of the most prestigious names in sport, giving us brand recognition across the world and title sponsor to multiple events in snooker, darts and horseracing among other sports. We go the extra mile to make sure our corporate social responsibility is fulfilled in line with the Gambling Commission’s three basic principles: preventing crime in gambling; conduct gambling in a fair and open way; protect children and vulnerable people. Our operational headquarters are located at the World Trade Center Gibraltar and, with a workforce of approx. 700, we are one of the biggest employers on The Rock. Our ability to adapt to new technology trends has been a dominant factor in maintaining growth, creativity and relevance in the global betting community.