Senior Manager - AFC Monitoring & Assurance

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Company Description

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we're leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it's your game. So let's win together.

Job Description

As a Senior Manager - Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Monitoring & Assurance you will be responsible for overseeing and implementing robust monitoring and assurance processes to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Reporting to the Group Head of AFC Monitoring & Assurance you will be part of the AFC - Governance team. You will manage our comprehensive risk-based AFC assurance programme, providing an independent assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the firm's control environment, which will help us comply with applicable regulation, legislation and guidance across all Entain entities, subsidiaries and JVs.

The role is crucial to Entain's objective of maintaining and enhancing its reputation as a leading operator in providing a crime-free environment for its customers and in keeping crime out of gambling.

Are you looking for the opportunity to add real value to a team?

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a team of AFC M&A Managers, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Lead reviews as/when required by the Global Head of AFC M&A.
• To design and to document through procedures the monitoring solution that is required to assess whether a control has been effectively executed as per the stated procedures, if the solution relies on an automated tool, to produce business requirements for development of the tool.
• Complete review planning and scoping; taking into consideration regulatory and policy requirements, existing issues, and risk management information, as appropriate.
• Track the status of outstanding findings and work with the process assessment unit owner to obtain updates, ensure due dates are met and confirm remediation.
• Assisting in the preparation of management reports on Compliance Monitoring, surveillance and testing activities.
• Develop a positive and professional relationship with operational teams.

Qualifications

Who you are

• Are you an accomplished manager with proven experience in leading high-performing teams that operate across multiple functions and geographies?
• Do you have a proven track record of executing testing and monitoring activities?
• Do you have relevant operational risk management or financial crime compliance experience, focusing on AML, fraud detection, or related financial crime compliance disciplines?
• Do you have in-depth knowledge and understanding of risk management frameworks, risk and controls?
• Do you have strong analytical and investigative skills, ability to ask insightful questions, and draw meaningful conclusions?
• Are you a strategic thought leader; able to develop and execute against a plan, effectively driving change across an organisation?
• Do you have the ability to exercise sound judgement and escalate potential issues?
• Do you have clear and concise verbal and written skills and the ability to construct and deliver Testing Reports to senior management?

Additional Information

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like

• Generous group bonus scheme
• Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
• Life assurance - 4x Annual Salary.
• Income protection.
• 25 days Annual Leave
• Additional 'It's Your Game' day off.
• Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
• Entain & Enhance days - 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
• Sharesave Scheme
• Paid Subscription to LinkedIn learning

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes, join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated.