Senior Financial Crime Strategy Manager

Overview

• Lead major financial crime initiatives from concept to delivery, including transaction monitoring, screening, customer risk assessment and control optimisation.
• Act as a senior decision-maker for complex financial crime matters within delegated authority.
• Design and enhance financial crime controls across KYC, screening, monitoring, SARs and customer risk assessment.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to embed effective controls into new products and customer journeys.
• Use data, insight and emerging technologies to improve effectiveness, efficiency and customer experience.
• Represent the 1st Line position with credibility and influence, working closely with Risk, Compliance and senior stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop colleagues, helping build capability across the wider financial crime function.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading financial crime strategy, controls or operations within banking, fintech, payments or a regulated financial services environment.
• Strong expertise across key financial crime disciplines, including transaction monitoring, KYC/CDD, screening, customer risk assessment and SARs.
• Experience operating as a senior decision-maker and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• A product-minded approach, with the ability to balance risk management, customer outcomes and commercial objectives.
• Strong understanding of the UK financial crime regulatory landscape.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.

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Hard Skills

• financial crime strategy
• transaction monitoring
• KYC
• customer risk assessment
• screening
• SARs
• risk management
• data analysis
• control optimisation
• product development

Soft Skills

• leadership
• influencing
• mentoring
• communication
• stakeholder management
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• strategic thinking
• decision-making
• simplifying complex topics