senior manager, assurance - financial crime.

Are you an experienced financial crime professional passionate about protecting organisations from financial threats? Join a high-performing team dedicated to detecting, deterring, and disrupting financial crime activities including AML/CTF, sanctions breaches, KYC, and customer due diligence.

This leadership position is central to managing major incidents, developing risk and assurance frameworks, and driving continuous improvement in financial crime surveillance operations.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership

• Lead and inspire a diverse team, setting clear objectives and development goals

• Provide performance coaching, mentoring, and growth opportunities

• Manage recruitment and resourcing strategies for permanent and contract staff

• Foster a culture of ownership, customer-centricity, and excellence

Operational Management

• Oversee daily service management operations and incident resolution processes

• Monitor and report performance of offshore partners; implement correction and mitigation strategies

• Analyse KPIs and support performance remediation plans

• Understand business cost drivers and implement cost-effective strategies

Governance & Assurance

• Coordinate second-line and third-line assurance reviews

• Develop risk papers and manage regulatory or compliance reporting obligations

• Ensure surveillance activities align with internal policy, external regulation, and best practice

• Lead incident management responses with timely, sustainable resolutions

• Support strategic vision execution for financial crime prevention

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with risk, compliance, legal, and surveillance stakeholders

• Collaborate across functions to assess issues, identify solutions, and ensure effective governance

• Raise awareness of financial crime risk and escalate emerging issues to senior leadership

• Work with internal teams to design and implement process improvements

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years’ experience in financial crime surveillance, governance, or compliance

• Proven expertise in managing major incidents and leading assurance reviews

• Strong understanding of AML/CTF regulations, SMR processes, and surveillance frameworks

• Experience drafting risk papers for senior governance forums

• Deep understanding of SMR governance, escalation, and documentation requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Finance, Risk or a related field

• Certifications in AML/financial crime (e.g., CAMS, CFCS) are highly desirable

• Strong leadership, analytical thinking, and stakeholder management skills

• Passion for continuous improvement and delivering meaningful outcomes

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an essential first line of defence team combating financial crime

• Work in a dynamic, high-impact environment with diverse stakeholders

• Influence strategic initiatives that improve risk outcomes and customer protection

• Grow your career within a supportive and forward-thinking risk division

Apply now to make a real impact in the fight against financial crime.
Help shape a safer, more secure financial ecosystem.