KYC Team Lead - EDD/ODDNew

N26

The opportunity

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Team Lead KYC EDD/ODD to oversee our Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Ongoing Due Diligence (ODD) teams across French and Italian Markets.

What you'll do

  • Lead the EDD and ODD Teams: Manage and mentor specialists, ensuring strong performance, engagement, and development.

  • Ensure Compliance & Quality: Oversee high-risk case reviews, quality checks, and escalations to maintain full compliance with regulatory and internal standards.

  • Optimize Processes: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and automation opportunities.

  • Collaborate Cross-Market: Work with other team leads and stakeholders to align on strategy, key priorities, and resource planning.

  • Drive Audit & Regulatory Readiness: Ensure documentation, procedures, and controls meet audit and regulatory expectations.

  • Support Vendor Collaboration: Partner with external providers to ensure consistent quality and timely completion of cases.

What they're looking for

  • Contribute to Strategic Projects: Participate in cross-functional initiatives to scale operations and enhance customer experience.
  • Foster a Culture of Ownership: Promote accountability, collaboration, and innovation across the teams.
  • Forecasting and KPI/SLA management: Create forecasting plans to estimate the resource requirements to efficiently manage SLAs and KPIs
  • Strategic Thinking: Setting clear team goals aligned with organizational objectives and anticipating future challenges.