Financial Crime Team Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Financial Crime Team Manager leading a team to deliver financial crime compliance and protect customers. Overseeing operations, performance, and collaboration with various teams.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeBirmingham • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £44,901 - £49,890 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, motivate and develop a team, ensuring high performance and engagement
Manage day-to-day operations ensuring delivery meets quality, productivity and service expectations
Deliver performance management through coaching, feedback and development planning
Ensure activity aligns with Financial Crime policy, risk appetite and regulatory requirements
Identify and mitigate operational risks, ensuring robust controls are in place
Support and deliver operational change, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
Use MI and insight to monitor performance, identify trends and take corrective action
Build strong working relationships with collaborators and partners across the business
Support recruitment, onboarding and development of future talent
Drive a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement within the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience leading teams within Financial Crime, Risk or a regulated environment
Proven ability to manage performance and develop high-performing teams
Strong understanding of Financial Crime regulations, policy and operational processes
Experience delivering against quality, productivity and service targets
Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence business partners
Ability to identify risks and ensure appropriate controls are in place
Experience using data and MI to drive decision-making and improve performance
Experience within specific Financial Crime disciplines (e.g. KYC, ODD, Investigations) (desirable)
Experience delivering or supporting operational change initiatives (desirable)
Exposure to audit, QA or governance environments (desirable)
Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Flexible benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle
28 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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Hard Skills & Tools

Performance ManagementOperational Change InitiativesQuality TargetsProductivity TargetsService TargetsFinancial Crime PolicyRisk AppetiteOperational ProcessesKYCODD

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationEngagementInfluencing SkillsCollaborationAccountability