Financial Crime Manager

We’re an innovative technology-driven bank redefining global banking and payments infrastructure. Our mission is to build a seamless, borderless economic future, and we need a Financial Crime Risk Manager who shares our passion for pioneering positive change.

About the Role As part of the Financial Crime Risk team within our second Line of Defence, you'll work to strengthen and embed our Financial Crime Risk Policies and Standards framework. Reporting to the Financial Crime Risk Director and MLRO, you’ll play a vital role in supporting and challenging first-line teams, monitoring compliance, and ensuring the bank’s resilience against financial crime risks. You’ll collaborate closely with business stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and helping to drive compliance with AML, Sanctions, Anti-Tax Evasion, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C), and Fraud policies.

What You’ll Do

• Provide expert advice, challenge, and guidance on Financial Crime Risk Policies to first-line teams.
• Assess escalations on high-risk client relationships and transactions.
• Support the MLRO in embedding our Financial Crime Risk framework and continuously enhance compliance practices.
• Analyze key risk trends and prepare comprehensive reports for senior management and Board committees.
• Lead core initiatives, including risk assessments, compliance testing, policy updates, and training sessions.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: At least 3 years in a second-line financial crime risk role, ideally within policy and advisory.
• Expertise: Deep knowledge of UK regulatory requirements across AML, Sanctions, and financial crime risk elements.
• Skills: Outstanding stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence effectively across levels.
• Attributes: Detail-oriented, resilient under pressure, decisive, and committed to high-quality standards.

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.