Senior Manager, Assurance - Financial Crime

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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

Certifications in AML/financial crime (e.g., CAMS, CFCS)

• 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