Senior Financial Crime Risk Manager

Senior Financial Crime Risk Manager

Location: York, London, Bristol, Sheffield or Eastleigh (50% onsite)

Duration: 6 Months

Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

This role would suit a strong financial crime professional with deep AML expertise who enjoys influencing stakeholders, solving complex risk issues and helping shape effective financial crime frameworks. You’ll work across business and risk functions, supporting a proactive financial crime culture and helping ensure robust systems and controls remain in place.

Responsibilities

• Provide 2nd line financial crime oversight, advice and challenge across the business
• Act as SME across AML/CTF and financial crime regulatory requirements
• Support Deputy MLRO responsibilities and wider financial crime governance activities
• Deliver financial crime risk assessments and provide input into key business initiatives
• Interpret and advise on evolving AML regulations, industry guidance and emerging risks
• Support regulatory engagement and internal governance forums
• Contribute to financial crime training, awareness and stakeholder engagement
• Provide meaningful management information and reporting to senior stakeholders
• Support control enhancements, remediation activities and process improvements
• Work closely with stakeholders across all three lines of defence

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating within Financial Crime Risk, Compliance or Oversight functions
• Strong AML expertise with experience applying regulations in complex environments
• Demonstrated experience delivering financial crime initiatives through collaboration and influence
• Experience providing oversight and challenge from a 2nd line perspective
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Comfortable communicating technical concepts to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
• Experience assessing and managing financial crime risks and controls
• Ability to operate across both BAU activity and change programmes

Required Skills

• Experience operating at Deputy MLRO level or supporting MLRO responsibilities
• Background within Insurance, Wealth, Banking or other regulated financial services environments
• Exposure to Tax Evasion, Sanctions or broader Financial Crime disciplines
• Relevant professional qualification (ICA Financial Crime, Compliance or equivalent)

Preferred Skills

We’re looking for someone commercially minded, technically strong in AML and comfortable operating as an internal advisor and challenger. This is not a transactional KYC or operations role — we’re seeking someone who can bring strong judgement, influence stakeholders and help strengthen financial crime outcomes across the business.