Deputy Head of Financial Crime

Key details

• Oversee day-to-day financial crime reports, disclosures, risk assessment sign-offs, and regulatory outputs while monitoring metrics and KPIs to address emerging risks and operational bottlenecks
• Lead complex remediation and projects, acting as primary lead for financial crime remediation programs, regulatory look-backs, control enhancements, and tech integrations from scoping through execution and root-cause analysis
• Provide strategic leadership coverage, deputising for the Associate Director of Financial Crime Operations during absences and representing the function at executive committees, board meetings, and regulatory engagements
• Direct team leadership and capability building, leading, coaching, and empowering the FinCrime Operations team, driving resource planning, talent development, and a high-performing, accountable culture
• Foster cross-functional and regulatory relationships, working closely with internal Risk, Legal, and Business units, as well as external auditors and regulators, to embed effective financial crime controls
• Company mission
• To safeguard the firm against financial crime risks and build robust, future-proofed compliance frameworks while scaling a business spend management platform