Financial Crime Compliance Manager

Financial Crime Compliance Manager

The Financial Crime Compliance Manager is responsible for leading the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of the Vodafone Business financial crime compliance programme, with a primary focus on anti‑bribery, corruption and broader financial crime risks.

The role provides expert advice and challenge to business stakeholders, ensuring financial crime risks are appropriately identified, assessed and managed, while supporting compliant business growth across Vodafone Business products and operations.

The role translates complex regulatory requirements into practical controls, guidance and risk mitigation strategies, driving the effectiveness and maturity of the Compliance Management System.

The role also provides 2nd Line oversight and assurance, monitors emerging regulatory developments and supports the business in maintaining effective financial crime governance in line with Vodafone’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations.

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the financial crime compliance programme.
• Partner with business leaders, product teams, and Vodafone Business Units to identify, assess and manage financial crime risks across products, services, customers, third parties and strategic initiatives.
• Provide effective 2nd line oversight and challenge, ensuring that financial crime risks are appropriately governed, controls remain effective and material issues are escalated through the appropriate channels.
• Coordinate financial crime risk assessments, investigations, and remediation programmes, tracking actions to completion and driving sustainable improvement in the control environment.
• Maintain awareness of emerging regulatory developments, enforcement trends and industry best practices, translating these into practical guidance and compliance requirements that support compliant business growth.
• Maintain effective oversight of material financial crime risks, with agreed mitigation plans in place and high‑risk remediation actions delivered within agreed target timelines.
• Ensure financial crime governance, assurance and compliance monitoring activities are completed on schedule, with timely closure of audit, regulatory and control findings.
• Achieve high levels of stakeholder confidence by providing timely, commercially focused financial crime advice that supports business objectives while managing regulatory risk.

• Significant experience in ABC advice within complex multinational organisations.
• Experience in changing behaviours, training and communications is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is mandatory, with additional language skills an advantage.
• Demonstrable experience advising on financial crime risks associated with large scale infrastructure, telecommunications or subsea cable operations, including joint ventures, consortium arrangements and cross‑border regulatory considerations (advantageous).
• Relevant degree in accounting, law or another discipline, or compliance qualification/certification.

• Yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
• Private pension:
  You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts:
  Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan