Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) - Vienna, Austria

at  Convera

Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) – Vienna, Austria (hybrid office / home)
As Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) in our Vienna office, you will help promote a sound Compliance culture across the organization. You will ensure that there is an effective AML program that enables employees to take informed, risk-based decisions, as they execute their business plans. This is a high impact and hands-on role, where you will strategically implement the AML program and identify and manage Financial Crime risks in partnership with the Convera leadership team.

You will be responsible for:

• Executing all responsibilities as the MLRO of a fast-growing fintech global payments business.
• Participating with senior management to establish strategic plans and objectives. Effectively cascading functional strategy and contribution to development of organizational policies.
• Working on complex issues where problems are not clearly defined and where fundamental principles do not fully apply. Translating business segment strategy into functional compliance plans and guides compliance execution.
• Participating in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for Compliance projects, programs, and people.
• Being responsible for your decisions, which will have a critical long-term impact on the overall success of one or more functions.
• Interacting with senior management, executives, and/or major customers, which frequently involves negotiating matters of significance to the organization. Reconciling multiple stakeholder views to drive business results.
• Acting as escalation and final decision point for Financial Crime and Sanctions matters.
• Being responsible (directly or through delegation) for SAR decisions, and the primary point of contact for Austrian Regulators.
• Ensuring all Regulatory reporting related to AML/Financial Crime/Compliance is completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Ensuring AML risks are appropriately documented and reported to senior leadership.
• Providing advice and guidance on policies, new products and expansion initiatives.
• Executing oversight on all outsourced Financial Crime Compliance activities.
• Directing and overseeing the monitoring and testing key AML/Compliance controls.
• Tracking and directly implementing regulatory change.
• Managing and supporting internal / external audits and regulatory inspections.

You should apply if you have:

• Previous experience as the MLRO and Compliance Manager for either a FinTech (preferred), or an international bank.
• Fluency in both German and English (required).
• Advanced knowledge of the Austrian Financial Crime Compliance regulatory environment and experience dealing with the Austrian Regulators (required).
• Solid expertise in the corporate financial services sector.
• Knowledge and experience with payment products domestic and internationally.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior business leadership on Financial Crime and Compliance matters.
• Knowledge about gaming sector would be an advantage.
• An ability to resolve and advise on complex issues where analysis requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors in a timely manner
• An ability to direct the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies, evolving market best practices and ideas
• Ability to enhance relationships and networks with internal and external partners, including outside areas of own expertise

About Convera
Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers – helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.
Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers which makes Convera a rewarding place to work. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.
As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:

• Market competitive gross salary – paid over 14 months.
• Opportunity to earn an annual bonus.
• Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization
• A flexible approach to work / hybrid 2 days home & 3 days office.
• Generous employee benefits including insurance (health, life & disability), pension and Luncheon Vouchers.
• Paid holidays, time-off and leave policies for life events (maternity, paternity, bereavement).
• Paid leave for charity volunteering opportunities.

There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform Business to Business payments.

• Executing all responsibilities as the MLRO of a fast-growing fintech global payments business.
• Participating with senior management to establish strategic plans and objectives. Effectively cascading functional strategy and contribution to development of organizational policies.
• Working on complex issues where problems are not clearly defined and where fundamental principles do not fully apply. Translating business segment strategy into functional compliance plans and guides compliance execution.
• Participating in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for Compliance projects, programs, and people.
• Being responsible for your decisions, which will have a critical long-term impact on the overall success of one or more functions.
• Interacting with senior management, executives, and/or major customers, which frequently involves negotiating matters of significance to the organization. Reconciling multiple stakeholder views to drive business results.
• Acting as escalation and final decision point for Financial Crime and Sanctions matters.
• Being responsible (directly or through delegation) for SAR decisions, and the primary point of contact for Austrian Regulators.
• Ensuring all Regulatory reporting related to AML/Financial Crime/Compliance is completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Ensuring AML risks are appropriately documented and reported to senior leadership.
• Providing advice and guidance on policies, new products and expansion initiatives.
• Executing oversight on all outsourced Financial Crime Compliance activities.
• Directing and overseeing the monitoring and testing key AML/Compliance controls.
• Tracking and directly implementing regulatory change.
• Managing and supporting internal / external audits and regulatory inspections