London | Hybrid
A leading global organisation is seeking a Senior Manager to lead its financial crime strategy during a significant period of regulatory evolution.
This role will take full responsibility for shaping and delivering a forward-looking financial crime strategy, drawing input from regulators, government, law enforcement, internal stakeholders and the financial crime team.
Responsibilities
- Act as SME across financial crime transformation initiatives
- Lead and oversee delivery of key strategic projects impacting AML, sanctions, fraud and ABC
- Translate regulatory requirements into scalable, practical business solutions
- Manage supplier relationships, budgets and governance records
- Oversee data analysis, MI and reporting to support executive decision-making
- Partner closely with senior stakeholders across Legal, Risk, Technology and Operations
- Drive automation and process optimisation to reduce manual workload
- Prepare the framework for increasingly stringent regulation and likely FCA-style oversight
- Modernise and mature systems, controls and operating model
Requirements
- Strong experience across AML, sanctions, fraud, ABC and wider financial crime frameworks
- Proven track record delivering financial crime transformation programmes (systems, operating model, regulatory change)
- Background in private banking, building societies, challenger banks, or real estate
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical business change
- Strong stakeholder management at senior level
