Strategic Financial Crime Director

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom AJ Bell Management Limited Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Strategic Financial Crime Director to lead our Financial Crime framework and provide strategic direction for our established risk-based approach.

This is a hands-on role that requires the successful individual to be responsible for the development of a Financial Crime strategy designed to drive, promote, and mature a strong Financial Crime culture within the business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Establish and maintain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with financial crime regulatory and legislative requirements.
  • Undertake and produce an annual enterprise-wide risk assessment (ERWA) to determine inherent risk related to risk mitigation controls and residual risk across the organisation.
  • Use the ERWA to inform an annual MLRO report to the Group's Risk & Compliance Committee.
  • Produce dynamic and insightful reporting on activity for the CRO, ExCo, the Executive Risk Committee, and the Risk and Compliance Committee.

Horizon Scanning & Analysis:

  • Analyse changes to relevant regulation and legislation impacting the Group's financial crime framework and evaluate necessary changes.
  • Monitor financial crime issues affecting the Group and escalate them as appropriate with agreed actions.

Requirements:

  • Experience managing and implementing Financial Crime frameworks in medium to large financial services institutions.
  • Qualified in all aspects of financial crime; KYC, AML, CFT, sanctions screening, with experience of assessing, implementing, and optimising Market Abuse/Financial Crime controls.
  • Strong understanding of regulatory requirements applying to investment platforms and asset managers.
  • Strong change and project management skills, including the ability to plan and monitor projects, manage time well, prioritise effectively, and handle multiple deadlines.
  • Strong, credible stakeholder management and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams across the business.

About Us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, offering an award-winning range of solutions catering for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience.

We have over 484,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £76.

Benefits:

  • Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 31 days with service, plus bank holidays.
  • Casual dress code.
  • Discretionary bonus.
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • Buy as you earn share scheme.
  • Free annual share scheme.
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one.
  • Bike loan.
  • Season ticket loan portal.
  • Discounted PMI and Dental.
  • On-site gym and personal trainer-led classes.
  • Paid volunteering opportunities, free social events, and more.


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