Financial Crime Team Lead - German Speaking

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. You'll help banks, asset management and insurance organizations own their future by helping them to transform and create new business models to meet changing customer needs and drive sustainability. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. Huron are seeking to hire multiple AML Team Leads to support and oversee Anti-money laundering financial crime activities for a global banking compliance program. This role combines hands on involvement in transaction monitoring, alert investigation, risk escalation, and suspicious activity assessments with the leadership and coordination of a team, in alignment with regulatory expectations, particularly under the German AML Act (GwG). You will play a key role in guiding analysts in identifying unusual transactional activity, ensuring appropriate risk escalation, and maintaining AML monitoring processes that are traceable, well documented and audit ready. Your Role: A Financial Crime Specialist Leading AML Detection & Monitoring Oversee L1- L2 AML transaction monitoring alert reviews, ensuring accurate distinction between false positives and genuine concerns. Provide guidance on the triage of transaction monitoring alerts and assessment of transactional behaviour against known typologies. Supervise the management of multiple queues of transaction and account screening alerts, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across the team. Support and review post processing activities for alerts potentially linked to SAR/STR obligations under §43 of the German AML Act (GwG). Review complex customer profiles, transactional histories and red flag indicators to validate risk assessments and analyst decisions. Escalate potential Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to senior stakeholders or external governance bodies in line with regulatory requirements. Ensure clear, defensible rationales are documented for alert clearance and escalation decisions across the team. Drive high team productivity while maintaining strict quality, regulatory and audit standards. Act as a key point of contact for escalations, supporting issue resolution and decision making. Identify rule gaps, control weaknesses and opportunities to enhance monitoring frameworks, providing feedback to stakeholders. Ensure investigations, decisions and outcomes are accurately recorded in required systems (e.g. LOCS) and subject to appropriate quality assurance. The Profile We’re Looking For: Strong educational background; a degree in Finance, Legal or a STEM discipline is advantageous. Knowledge of German AML regulations (GwG), including §43 reporting requirements. German language skills both spoken and written at C2 or above.. 4+ years’ experience in AML Transaction Monitoring or financial crime investigations, including experience in a senior or supervisory capacity. Proven experience analysing transaction patterns and identifying suspicious activity. Background working in banking environments, either in house or through consulting/outsourced services. Experience providing guidance, coaching or oversight to junior team members. Familiarity with transaction monitoring systems and screening tools. Strong understanding of AML, financial crime risk and regulatory frameworks. Understanding of sanctions and BSA related regulatory requirements. Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and sound judgment. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency across Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Equal Opportunity & Compliance Huron is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. Position Level Manager Country Poland