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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- 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
What you’ll need- 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.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible ways of working
- Face-to-face collaboration
- Work-life balance
- Option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial crime strategytransaction monitoringKYCcustomer risk assessmentscreeningSARsrisk managementdata analysiscontrol optimisationproduct development
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencingmentoringcommunicationstakeholder managementcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingdecision-makingsimplifying complex topics