Italian speaking Financial Crime Team Manager

Are you an experienced Financial Crime professional ready to lead and inspire a high performing team? We are supporting our client, a rapidly growing financial services organisation, in finding a talented Italian speaking Financial Crime Team Manager to strengthen their European operations. This fully remote role offers many benefits and is due to start in September 2026. If you are passionate about tackling Financial Crime, EDD, AML, Fraud, fluent in Italian, leading a team and keen to develop others, then this role offers you a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Lead, support and develop a team of Financial Crime Investigators, ensuring excellence across all Financial Crime activities.
• Conduct quality checks and provide technical coaching to improve performance and elevate Financial Crime capability.
• Act as the escalation point for complex Financial Crime cases and make informed operational decisions.
• Foster a positive, engaged and high performing environment while acting as an effective Manager and mentor.
• Play a key role in recruitment activities and help shape the future of the Financial Crime team.

About you:
As the Financial Crime Team Manager, you will oversee a team of FinCrime investigators working across screening, transaction monitoring, escalations and related Financial Crime activities. This is an ideal role for someone with a strong background in Financial Crime screening for Fraud Detention, Regulatory Compliance, AML, Enhanced Due Dilligence EDD, KYC, Risk Assessment, Money Laundering, Embezzlement, Bribery, Corruption, Tax Evasion, Forgery and Suspicious Transactions. You will use your expertise in preventing Financial Crime, combined with your leadership experience and fluency in Italian, to coach, guide and develop your team while maintaining exceptional quality standards. Please note that the position will not offer visa sponsorship and you need to be UK based. 

What you get:
You will be able to work remotely from the UK and the salary quoted includes an Italian language premium. Other benefits include share options, private healthcare, mental health support, EAP, wellbeing support, generous leave allowances, remote set-up contribution, monthly lunches, generous share options and gifts to celebrate events.  
 
Profile:

• Fluent in English and Italian, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience as a Manager within a Financial Crime function in financial services.
• Strong technical knowledge of AML investigations, screening processes or wider Financial Crime operations.
• Excellent understanding of UK and EU Financial Crime risks and the current regulatory landscape.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and drive performance as an established Manager of people.

To apply, please send your CV in English and in Word format to frank@languagematters.co.uk.
languagematters is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

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