Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Monitoring and Testing Manager

Location: City of Edinburgh

## Global Financial Crimes Compliance
- Monitoring and Testing Manager Apply locations:
London:
Stirling:
Edinburghtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
August 1, 2026 (22 days left to apply) job requisition :
R19080

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

As part of the Second Line of Defence (2

LoD), the Global Financial Crimes Compliance
- Monitoring & Testing Manager delivers independent, risk‐based assurance over Financial Crime risks owned by the First Line (1

LoD). The role focuses on whether Financial Crime controls are designed appropriately, implemented effectively and operating as intended, using evidence to generate clear, objective insight.

It suits someone with excellent communication skills, strong analytical judgement, who applies a thoughtful and balanced approach to challenge and who thrives in a team that values quality, fairness and integrity.
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* Key responsibilities:

*** Deliver Monitoring & Testing reviews across Financial Crime risk areas using proportionate assurance techniques aligned to the intended purpose of each review.
* Assess the design, implementation and operational effectiveness of 1

LOD controls (e.g.: CDD/EDD, third-party oversight, sanctions, transaction monitoring, governance and MI).
* Produce clear, well‐supported findings, recommendations and high‐quality assurance reports and thematic summaries underpinned by robust audit trails and well‐indexed evidence.
* Translate technical issues into concise, objective insight for senior stakeholders, governance forums and committees.
* Contribute to MI, thematic analysis and identification of trends or emerging risks.
* Provide insight to annual and in‐year assurance planning, highlighting relevant risks, themes and regulatory drivers.
* Engage constructively with stakeholders while maintaining independence and professional clarity.
* Support colleagues, analysts and contractors through guidance, coaching and constructive challenge and coordinate activity involving multiple SMEs or data owners.
* Contribute to continuous improvement and a team culture built on quality, integrity and respectful challenge.
* Undertake additional tasks within the scope of the role when required.
** Skills & Experience
**** Essential
* ** Experience delivering assurance, monitoring, testing or audit within Financial Crimes Compliance.
* Strong understanding of AML/CTF, Sanctions, PF, Fraud, ABC, and Tax Evasion Facilitation.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present clearly to senior management.
* Strong analytical capability with sound judgement and balanced, evidence‐based conclusions.
* Strong organisational skills and confidence managing multiple priorities.
* Proactive, curious, calm under pressure and comfortable in fast‐moving environments.
* Collaborative mindset with commitment to high‐quality outputs.
** Desirable
* ** Financial Crime experience in asset management and/or insurance.
* Experience working across multi‐jurisdictional environments.
* Experience supporting or assuring large‐scale Financial Crime transformation or remediation programmes.
* Experience applying data‐led techniques (e.g., sampling, pattern detection, trend analysis) to support assurance reviews and thematic assessments.
* Experience coordinating, guiding or managing analysts, SMEs or contractors.
** What Success Looks Like
*** High‐quality, well‐evidenced assurance delivered consistently…