Senior AML​/CTF Policy Associate

(2 roles available)

Department: OPBAS & Fraud & Financial Crime (O&FFC)

Job title:

Senior AML/CTF Policy Associate (2 roles available)

Division:
Supervision, Policy and Competition

Department: OPBAS & Fraud & Financial Crime (O&FFC)

Salary:
National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging £52,400 to £67,200 and London from £57,700 to £73,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as:
Senior Associate, Regulatory

Your recruitment contact is Shafika via  Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition).

Sitting in Specialist Directorate, the O&FFC department (Office for Professional Body Anti‑Money Laundering Supervision & Fraud & Financial Crime) works to reduce money laundering and terrorist financing by ensuring high standards of AML/CTF supervision and fostering collaboration across professional bodies, supervisors, and law enforcement.

It is an exciting time to join this team as the UK is preparing for its next Mutual Evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force in 2027. At the same time OPBAS is supporting the Government’s stated intention to transfer AML supervision of 60,000 professional service firms to the FCA.

The roles cover the full remit of AML/CTF matters, with a huge range of work undertaken across many stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.

• Develop and implement key policies to ensure compliance with MLRs and OPBAS regulations, ensuring robust standards that protect the integrity of the financial systems supervisory findings to assess AML effectiveness, informing decisions that enhance oversight and reduce financial crime risks
• Critically evaluate information to measure progress against AML and CTF standards, supporting improvements that maintain trust in the sector and maintain productive stakeholder relationships to promote collaboration and deliver impactful regulatory outcomes
• Contribute to high‑profile projects such as updating our Financial Crime Guidance or Professional Body Supervisor assessments and themed initiatives, expanding your industry influence
• Coach and support team members to encourage knowledge sharing and professional growth, creating a collaborative, effective environment

• Prior experience of dealing with AML in a policy setting
• Demonstratable experience of complex stakeholder management

• Well‑developed analytical skills with a sense of judgement and personal accountability
• Ability to apply a risk‑based approach to supervision and an understanding of key regulatory risks
• Ability to demonstrate persistence and a willingness to adjust to new requirements
• Connect the dots across work streams, aligning activities to support and deliver on strategic organisational objectives
• Manage multiple priorities effectively, balancing competing tasks and issues, while escalating matters appropriately when required
• Working collaboratively as part of a team, valuing different perspectives and backgrounds, and working with others collaboratively, minimising silos

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors) Non‑contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Non‑contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around…