Spanish speaking Team Manager Financial Crime

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 Spanish speaking Financial Crime Team Manager to strengthen their European operations. If you are passionate about tackling Financial Crime, EDD, AML, Fraud, fluent in Spanish, leading a team and keen to develop others, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact. This fully remote role is due to start in June 2026 and the salary quoted includes a Spanish language premium. 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. You will use your expertise in preventing Financial Crime, combined with your leadership experience and fluency in Spanish, to coach, guide and develop your team while maintaining exceptional quality standards. The benefits include share options, private healthcare, mental health support, EAP, wellbeing support, generous leave allowances and £1000 learning budgets. This client takes pride in caring for their employees and you have the opportunity to join them!   Profile: Fluent in English and Spanish, 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 is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy