Capitex is a specialist financial crime compliance firm.

We work only in financial crime - AML, KYC, KYB, sanctions, transaction monitoring, and fraud - and we resource managed services and remediation programmes across London, Dubai, and New York.

We are recruiting a Pod Lead for a Know Your Assets managed service supporting a global asset manager's alternative investments business. Know Your Assets is the financial crime process used to assess the risk attached to a fund's underlying investments: the holding itself, its ownership and control structure, and the counterparties involved, including sanctions, PEP, and adverse media exposure.

The Pod Lead owns delivery for a pod of analysts. You are accountable for throughput against SLA, for the quality of what leaves the team, and for the relationship with the investment desks and the client's first and second line of defence. This is a hands-on leadership role on a long-term programme, not a purely administrative one - you will be expected to make the call on escalated cases yourself.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day delivery for the pod, including allocation, prioritisation, and SLA performance
• Act as the senior point of contact for investment desks and for the client's first and second line of defence on due diligence matters
• Take ownership of escalated and sensitive cases, including complex ownership structures and high-risk counterparties
• Review and challenge risk assessments produced by the team, and sign off where required
• Produce and present management information on volumes, quality, ageing, and risk themes
• Identify capacity, capability, and process issues early and resolve or escalate them
• Line manage, coach, and develop analysts across all levels within the pod
• Work with the QC function to close out quality trends and training needs