Economic Crime Oversight and Development Manager

Join us as an Economic Crime Oversight & Development Manager, where you will play a key role in the design, enhancement, and oversight of financial crime controls across Screening and Transaction Monitoring (TM). You will ensure that economic crime risks are effectively identified, managed, and mitigated through a robust, risk-based control framework that complies with legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements.

Working closely with stakeholders across Financial Crime, Risk, Operations, Technology and Compliance, you will drive continuous improvement in control effectiveness, support strategic change initiatives, and provide expert guidance on emerging economic crime risks, regulatory developments, and industry best practice.

• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and colleague development.
• Provide strategic oversight of Transaction Monitoring (TM) and Screening controls, ensuring they are effectively designed, operated, and deliver measurable reductions in Economic Crime risk.
• Own and enhance the Economic Crime control framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, emerging threats, and industry best practice.
• Identify, assess, and oversee the remediation of material Economic Crime risks and control issues, ensuring appropriate governance, escalation, and evidence of risk reduction.
• Deliver clear management information, risk insights, and recommendations to senior leaders and governance forums to support informed decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement across controls, processes, methodologies, technologies, and operating models to strengthen risk management capabilities.
• Ensure control strategies evolve in response to emerging risks, typologies, regulatory developments, and changes in the internal and external risk environment.
• Influence and challenge senior stakeholders to drive ownership, accountability, and effective management of Economic Crime risks.

• Significant leadership experience with a proven ability to build, develop, and motivate high-performing teams.
• Strong knowledge of Economic Crime risks and typologies, including money laundering, fraud, sanctions evasion, and terrorist financing.
• Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and overseeing Financial Crime control frameworks within a risk-based environment.
• Comprehensive understanding of the UK regulatory landscape, including Money Laundering Regulations, POCA, sanctions requirements, and FCA expectations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to convert complex data and risk information into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Experience establishing assurance frameworks, performance indicators, and management information to demonstrate control effectiveness and risk reduction.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels and translate technical issues into business outcomes.
• Knowledge and practical application of Transaction Monitoring and Screening technologies.

• Experience supporting regulatory reviews, audits, and assurance activity.
• Professional qualifications in Financial Crime, AML, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience setting strategic direction for a significant risk or control function and leading large-scale change initiatives.
• Extensive experience assessing, designing, and enhancing TM and Screening controls, with a focus on control effectiveness and residual risk management.
• Proven track record of delivering sustainable change across multiple teams and business functions.
• Deep understanding of Economic Crime regulation, control frameworks, risk methodologies, and emerging threats.
• Experience with in Financial Crime, AML, Sanctions, Fraud, or Risk functions in a regulated financial services environment.
• Ability to interpret complex intelligence, risk assessments, and emerging threats to support material risk decisions.
• Strong experience engaging with senior leaders, governance forums, regulators, and control owners to drive action and accountability.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

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