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Cdd Onboarding Lead

United Kingdom, London, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Carlisle, Cardiff, Southampton, Reading, Manchester, Oxford, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Newcastle, Colchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cambridge · Job Posted July 03, 2026
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As a Senior Manager - CDD Onboarding Lead, within our Financial Crime & Compliance practice, you will take ownership of the end-to-end management of CDD onboarding engagements, leading a large team of analysts to deliver high-quality client due diligence reviews. This leadership role requires deep expertise in CDD and AML frameworks, alongside strong management, people leadership capability and the ability to develop a team. You will have a strong commitment to quality and be responsible for setting and maintaining high standards across your team, managing delivery against business priorities and goals and have a right first-time mindset.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead and manage the delivery of CDD onboarding team, overseeing the end-to-end review of onboarding files against applicable KYC/AML regulatory requirements, ensuring quality, consistency and timeliness across all workstreams
  • Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders/partners, building trusted relationships and providing clear, confident updates on progress, risks and issues
  • Manage and mentor a large team of CDD analysts, driving performance through structured feedback, coaching, and day-to-day support
  • Maintain governance oversight of our CDD frameworks, procedures and quality controls, ensuring consistency and regulatory alignment across all engagements
  • Support the team to identify and escalate complex or high-risk cases, including PEPs, sanctioned entities, adverse media flags, and complex ownership structures, providing clear guidance to the FCC team on risk-based decision-making
  • Play an active role in the training and upskilling of junior and newly joined colleagues, sharing technical knowledge and helping to build capability across the team

Requirements

  • Significant, demonstrable experience in CDD/KYC onboarding within a professional or financial services environment, with a track record of leading large teams and complex engagements is essential
  • Proven background in leading CDD or KYC onboarding teams at scale, ideally within a professional services or financial services environment is essential
  • Experience managing and developing high-performing teams across multiple locations in a deadline-driven environment, with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement
  • Experience managing high-volume CDD engagements, with a particular focus on corporate onboarding and the complexities that come with it, including complex ownership structures, multi-jurisdictional entities and escalated risk profiles, would be a strong advantage
  • The ability to manage competing priorities effectively, requiring swift allocation, clear delegation and confident decision-making under pressure
  • Strong technical knowledge of KYC/AML regulatory requirements, including sanctions, PEP & adverse media screening frameworks
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage at Partner & Director level
  • Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI or equivalent) are desirable but not essential
  • Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, with the ability to navigate complex corporate structures & ownership chains

What we offer

  • Life cover
  • Income protection
  • Matched pension
  • Screening
  • Dental and eye care
  • Doctor@Hand
  • Mortgage advice
  • Will writing
  • Investment accounts
  • Buying holiday
  • Bike schemes
  • Discounts and cashback

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