The Agency is recruiting for a Head of Compliance on behalf of our client.

Strategic Leadership: Opportunity to lead and shape enterprise-wide compliance and financial crime prevention initiatives within a regulated banking environment.

Regulatory Impact: Play a key role in driving governance, regulatory engagement, and risk oversight at senior management and board level.

Regional Exposure: Gain exposure to complex cross-border compliance operations and multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks.

• Lead and oversee the institution’s compliance and financial crime prevention framework, including AML and regulatory programs.
• Provide strategic compliance guidance to senior leadership while monitoring regulatory risk and governance controls.
• Manage regulatory reporting, reviews, audits, and high-risk transaction oversight across the organization.
• Drive compliance culture initiatives, internal training, and leadership of the compliance function/team.

• Extensive senior-level compliance leadership experience within banking or financial services environments.
• Strong knowledge of AML, KYC, financial crime prevention, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Relevant degree and recognized professional compliance or AML certification preferred.
• Proven ability to manage regulatory stakeholders, policies, investigations, and cross-functional teams.

If this sounds like a good match for you and you would like to learn more, we would welcome your application. Go ahead and apply.

We believe in inclusive workplaces and we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may require during the recruitment process; you will be asked if you require any during the application process. If you’d like to request additional options, please email erika@theagency.ky.