Post date Manager, Financial Crime

This role sits within the Financial Crime team, delivering against the agreed objectives of the Economic Crime Product and Service Board, covering all areas of financial crime policy and strategy development.

This includes:

• Provide policy and strategy support to the financial crime team, across the breadth of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Bribery and Corruption, and International Illicit Finance, as necessary.
• Secretariat to the Money Laundering Advisory Panel (MLAP), Smaller Firm MLRO Network, Associate Member Panel and other panels, committees and working groups as required.
• Supporting key priorities within the upcoming Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery (AMLAR) strategy and the Economic Crime Plan 2026 - 2029.
• Supporting the day-to-day implementation and coordination of economic crime activities across the wider economic crime team and the rest of UK Finance.

Policy and Strategy Support

• Work with members, government, law enforcement and regulators to develop and drive forward financial crime policy and strategy. This will include but is not limited to:
• Leading on the production of consultation responses, coordinating member responses, and working to define policy positions, across all subject areas, but particularly AML/CTF, ABC, international illicit finance, and broader economic crime reform efforts.
• Supporting senior staff to drive and deliver policy work strands, particularly those stemming from the upcoming AMLAR strategy and Economic Crime Plan 2026 – 2029. This will include engaging with public and private sector stakeholders to ensure timely progress and consistent industry input.
• Delivery of policy briefings and analysis to agreed timescales as required
• Engage across the economic crime team to support the delivery of the broader economic crime agenda, including issues related to fraud, sanctions evasion and cross-cutting activity.
• Work with other parts of UK Finance on areas where there is overlap the work of the economic crime team. This includes, but is not limited to, developments in payments, digital , financial inclusion and access to banking.

Secretariat

• Manage the secretariat function for Financial Crime committees and working groups as required, including proactive engagement with members of these committees and working groups.
• Production and preparation of high-quality papers and minutes for UK Finance committees in a timely manner.
• Management of delivery and timeline expectations for actions from panels.
• Own and build relationships with members and stakeholders as appropriate.

Communications and Membership

• Responsibility for financial crime member communications to support member engagement, including weekly newsletters and other ad hoc communications to member.
• Acting as the main point of contact for financial crime members with UK Finance.