Financial Crime Manager

Financial Crime Manager

Location: London
Working pattern: 4 days per week in the office
Role type: Permanent

We are partnering with a leading UK pensions insurance and long-term savings specialist to recruit a Financial Crime Manager into their Compliance function. This is a high-impact role within a well-established, highly regulated financial services business with a strong focus on risk management, customer outcomes, and regulatory excellence.

The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing financial crime risk across a complex business covering pensions, insurance, asset management, and mortgage lending.

The Role

Reporting into the Operational Effectiveness and Controls Lead, this role sits within the Compliance function and has broad exposure across the business. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing financial crime and fraud risk guidance while supporting the ongoing development of a strong compliance culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing monitoring of KYC activity, including advising on escalations, referrals, and higher-risk or exception cases

• Support investigations into suspected fraud across both pensions and mortgage products

• Advise on AML/CTF regulations, sanctions regimes, and regulatory reporting obligations, including mortgage fraud

• Conduct financial crime risk assessments across insurance, asset management, and mortgage business lines, focusing on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions exposure

• Produce regular management information, reports, and dashboards for senior leadership, including updates to the control effectiveness framework

• Support financial crime-related communications surveillance and alerts generated by the firm’s surveillance platform

Broader Compliance Responsibilities

• Actively promote a positive compliance and risk-aware culture across the organisation

• Ensure alignment with FCA expectations, including Consumer Duty requirements and good customer outcomes

• Maintain a strong understanding of regulatory change, contributing to horizon scanning and forward-looking initiatives

• Support Compliance risk management processes, toolkits, and annual planning

• Adhere to Conduct Rules and maintain fitness and propriety standards

• Take ownership of ongoing professional development and regulatory knowledge

Skills & Experience Required

• Essential: Financial Crime Advisory experience, including consulting with and advising internal stakeholders

• Strong background in financial services, ideally within pensions insurance, life insurance, asset management, or a closely aligned regulated firm

• Experience may come from a regulated firm, advisory/consulting environment, or regulator

• Solid understanding of pensions and/or mortgage lending and the associated regulatory frameworks

• Strong working knowledge of AML regulations, JMLSG guidance, sanctions regimes, Conduct Rules, and Consumer Duty

• High ethical standards and a commitment to fostering a strong “speak up” culture

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, and positive community impact

Key Competencies

• Strong technical and analytical capability with excellent attention to detail

• Self-starter mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively

• Collaborative team player who works well across functions

• Clear, concise, and confident communicator

• Sound judgement with the ability to assess complex issues and provide practical solutions

• Creative and forward-thinking approach to improving controls and processes

• Ability to influence outcomes and present persuasive, well-reasoned recommendations

We seek individuals from a diverse talent pool and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to our vacancies. Our commitment to fair recruitment processes means that we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of their lived experience or personal characteristics. We also invite applicants who meet most of the listed requirements, even if not all, to apply. If you require any adjustments to the application process, please let us know.

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