AML & Financial Crime Assistant Vice President

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28 Sept 2026

London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.

Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

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The Financial Crime Management Group (FCMG) is looking for an AVP to join our Analytics Team to p rovide financial crime data analytics support across sanctions, KYC/CDD, fraud and transaction monitoring, delivering management information, dashboards and analytical insights to support risk management and decision-making. Develop and enhance reporting capabilities while supporting change initiatives, data quality improvements and control oversight activities across the Financial Crime portfolio

• Deliver and enhance financial crime analytics, dashboards, reporting and management information to support risk oversight and governance.
• Perform data analysis, trend identification and visualisation to detect risks, anomalies, control weaknesses and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with business, technology, data and vendor stakeholders to support change initiatives, system enhancements and data quality remediation.

• Experience in financial crime analytics, management information, reporting or data analytics within banking or a regulated environment.
• Strong Power BI expertise with experience using analytical tools such as Excel, Power Query, SQL, Python or similar.
• Good understanding of financial crime risks (e.g., sanctions, KYC/CDD, fraud, AML or transaction monitoring) with strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

The Financial Crime Management Group (FCMG) helps protect SMBC by strengthening the systems, rules, controls and analysis that support financial crime risk management across EMEA. The team focuses on Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions, Fraud and Customer Due Diligence, ensuring detection frameworks remain effective, risk-aligned and continuously improving.

FCMG plays a critical role in SMBC EMEA’s First Line of Defence (1

LoD). The Rules & List Management Utility (R&LMU) manages Financial Crime (FC) controls across key domains—Transaction Monitoring (TM), Sanctions, and Fraud—by maintaining and optimising automated detection systems. This includes rule design, configuration, and tuning to align with SMBC’s risk appetite and regulatory requirements across EMEA. The team strengthens SMBC’s FC capability by safeguarding client journeys throughout the lifecycle, leveraging analytics to identify emerging risks and behavioural patterns, and collaborating with Operations, Compliance, and Technology to ensure detection models remain robust and responsive.

In addition to TM, Sanctions, and Fraud, R&LMU supports Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) processes, enhancing onboarding and due diligence controls. Responsibilities include monitoring and tuning CLM/CDD systems, resolving production issues, and acting as a liaison with technology teams to maintain system integrity. OPPD also oversees major transformation initiatives, including deployment of the new cloud-based CDD platform,…