Head of Financial Crime Governance, WKO (Executive Director)

We are seeking an Executive Director–level Head of Financial Crime Governance to lead transformational, technology-enabled financial crime programmes within our 1st Line of Defence (1LOD) KYC Operation organisation in the Commercial & Investment Bank. This is a senior leadership role covering financial crime risk, cross-border payments, and advanced analytics (AI/ML and automation) to drive continuous improvements in how we identify, assess and manage financial crime risk, with a particular focus on high-risk international flows involving crypto/digital assets, FinTech partnerships, and correspondent banking.
As an Head of Financial Crime Governance, WKO (Executive Director) within Financial Crime Team, you will define ‘what good looks like’ for a modern, intelligence-led control environment and implement the relevant changes — translating regulatory expectations and emerging typologies into scalable control and governance capabilities across AML, Sanctions and KYC.
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