Momenta Group Global
Our client are seeking an experienced and strategic Deputy Financial Crime Director to support the leadership and development of the bank's Financial Crime function. This senior role will play a key part in shaping and executing the bank's financial crime strategy, covering fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, and client risk management. Working closely with the Financial Crime Director and senior leadership team, the successful candidate will help lead the design and delivery of the bank's Financial Crime Framework, ensuring it remains robust, scalable, and aligned with regulatory expectations. Location: Remote Salary: £100,000 base salary + benefits Work Pattern: Shift Options Start: April 2026 Contract: Permanent Responsibilities Support the Financial Crime Director in the strategic leadership and ongoing development of the bank's Financial Crime function. Provide senior oversight across fraud prevention, AML controls, transaction monitoring, and client due diligence activities. Lead and support the bank's fraud strategy, ensuring effective prevention, detection, and investigation capabilities across payment products and client segments. Oversee fraud monitoring and investigation frameworks, ensuring robust controls are in place to detect and respond to emerging fraud threats. Act as a senior escalation point for complex financial crime and fraud matters, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with regulatory expectations. Work closely with Risk, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure financial crime controls align with the bank's overall risk management framework. Support engagement with regulators, payment schemes, and industry bodies, including Pay.UK where required. Lead cross-functional initiatives to strengthen financial crime controls across the bank's technology platforms, products, and operational processes. Identify emerging financial crime risks, including fraud typologies affecting UK payment systems, and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented. Oversee financial crime MI and reporting, ensuring accurate and meaningful insights are provided to senior leadership, Board, and ExCo. Drive continuous improvement across financial crime operations through process optimisation, technology enhancements, and data-driven insights. Support the development of a strong financial crime culture across the organisation through training, guidance, and awareness initiatives. Provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to financial crime teams across fraud, monitoring, and investigations. Essential Skills & Experience Required Extensive experience in financial crime leadership roles within a UK regulated bank, fintech, or payments institution. Strong background in fraud prevention, fraud investigations, and payment fraud risk management, particularly within UK payment environments. Deep understanding of financial crime frameworks including AML, fraud risk management, and transaction monitoring within a Three Lines of Defence model. Experience designing, implementing, or enhancing enterprise-wide financial crime and fraud control frameworks. Demonstrated experience leading fraud initiatives across retail or corporate payment products. Experience working with payment schemes and industry bodies such as Pay.UK. Experience engaging with regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority. Strong knowledge of fraud typologies, investigation techniques, and emerging financial crime risks affecting digital banking and payment systems. Experience with fraud and financial crime technology solutions, such as LexisNexis Risk Solutions and platforms such as ThreatMetrix. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with experience working across senior business, risk, and technology teams. Proven ability to interpret financial crime data, develop management information, and deliver insight-driven reporting to executive leadership. Strategic mindset with the ability to balance regulatory obligations, fraud risk mitigation, and customer experience.
Our client are seeking an experienced and strategic Deputy Financial Crime Director to support the leadership and development of the bank's Financial Crime function. This senior role will play a key part in shaping and executing the bank's financial crime strategy, covering fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, and client risk management. Working closely with the Financial Crime Director and senior leadership team, the successful candidate will help lead the design and delivery of the bank's Financial Crime Framework, ensuring it remains robust, scalable, and aligned with regulatory expectations. Location: Remote Salary: £100,000 base salary + benefits Work Pattern: Shift Options Start: April 2026 Contract: Permanent Responsibilities Support the Financial Crime Director in the strategic leadership and ongoing development of the bank's Financial Crime function. Provide senior oversight across fraud prevention, AML controls, transaction monitoring, and client due diligence activities. Lead and support the bank's fraud strategy, ensuring effective prevention, detection, and investigation capabilities across payment products and client segments. Oversee fraud monitoring and investigation frameworks, ensuring robust controls are in place to detect and respond to emerging fraud threats. Act as a senior escalation point for complex financial crime and fraud matters, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with regulatory expectations. Work closely with Risk, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure financial crime controls align with the bank's overall risk management framework. Support engagement with regulators, payment schemes, and industry bodies, including Pay.UK where required. Lead cross-functional initiatives to strengthen financial crime controls across the bank's technology platforms, products, and operational processes. Identify emerging financial crime risks, including fraud typologies affecting UK payment systems, and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented. Oversee financial crime MI and reporting, ensuring accurate and meaningful insights are provided to senior leadership, Board, and ExCo. Drive continuous improvement across financial crime operations through process optimisation, technology enhancements, and data-driven insights. Support the development of a strong financial crime culture across the organisation through training, guidance, and awareness initiatives. Provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to financial crime teams across fraud, monitoring, and investigations. Essential Skills & Experience Required Extensive experience in financial crime leadership roles within a UK regulated bank, fintech, or payments institution. Strong background in fraud prevention, fraud investigations, and payment fraud risk management, particularly within UK payment environments. Deep understanding of financial crime frameworks including AML, fraud risk management, and transaction monitoring within a Three Lines of Defence model. Experience designing, implementing, or enhancing enterprise-wide financial crime and fraud control frameworks. Demonstrated experience leading fraud initiatives across retail or corporate payment products. Experience working with payment schemes and industry bodies such as Pay.UK. Experience engaging with regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority. Strong knowledge of fraud typologies, investigation techniques, and emerging financial crime risks affecting digital banking and payment systems. Experience with fraud and financial crime technology solutions, such as LexisNexis Risk Solutions and platforms such as ThreatMetrix. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with experience working across senior business, risk, and technology teams. Proven ability to interpret financial crime data, develop management information, and deliver insight-driven reporting to executive leadership. Strategic mindset with the ability to balance regulatory obligations, fraud risk mitigation, and customer experience.
Momenta Group Global
Bath, Somerset
We are seeking an experienced Reconciliations, Banking & Corporate Actions Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Reconciliations, Banking, and Corporate Actions teams. This role is key to successfully delivering our clients' business model. You'll be focused on maximising the working relationship between the business and our clients/third parties. The role holder must be able to assimilate the complexity of the business proposition and have a sound understanding of the regulatory framework required to run the teams. Location - Hybrid/Bath (2 days min) Rate - £56,500 pa Hours - Standard Business Hours Start - ASAP Duration - Permanent Responsibilities Daily internal and external client money reconciliations & investigation Regulatory returns & claims, nominee and Investment Manager payment processing Manage the end-to-end cheque processing and banking Process and monitor corporate actions and administer distribution processing. Calculate and process cash interest processing. Manage the teams to achieve effective workflows, contributing towards an efficient execution of responsibilities. Work with the departmental management teams to maintain a collaborative approach in achieving the departmental service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) Responsible for Team Leader development through structured one-to-one sessions, appraisals and individual training and development plans Remain up to date on all relevant external regulatory requirements and internal processes to ensure that all team procedures remain accurate and approved Handle any escalated enquiries and complaints, liaising with the appropriate colleagues to achieve resolution Demonstrate flexibility during periods of high workloads and aid other services when required Support the business with user acceptance testing and disaster recovery cycles, as directed Achieve and actively maintain own skills and knowledge to adhere to the Training and Competency framework Ensure that the risk management process is promoted, supported, managed, and implemented effectively within the team. Liaise with the Risk Team to help identify and manage risk effectively Working with the team and other Line Managers to define, manage and continually improve the team and business processes Coach and inspire to develop staff so that they can grow in line with aspirations of the business Involvement in recruitment activities as directed You will, from time to time, be required to undertake other activities that fall within your capabilities as directed by management Essential Skills and Experience required Strong CASS knowledge, in particular CASS 6 and 7 Experience working within a wrap platform/investment company or similar role. Good understanding of investments, investment products and wrap platforms Proven previous management experience Excellent drive displayed, with the ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative Excellent interpersonal, organisation and communication skills Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines In depth financial services experience
We are seeking an experienced Reconciliations, Banking & Corporate Actions Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Reconciliations, Banking, and Corporate Actions teams. This role is key to successfully delivering our clients' business model. You'll be focused on maximising the working relationship between the business and our clients/third parties. The role holder must be able to assimilate the complexity of the business proposition and have a sound understanding of the regulatory framework required to run the teams. Location - Hybrid/Bath (2 days min) Rate - £56,500 pa Hours - Standard Business Hours Start - ASAP Duration - Permanent Responsibilities Daily internal and external client money reconciliations & investigation Regulatory returns & claims, nominee and Investment Manager payment processing Manage the end-to-end cheque processing and banking Process and monitor corporate actions and administer distribution processing. Calculate and process cash interest processing. Manage the teams to achieve effective workflows, contributing towards an efficient execution of responsibilities. Work with the departmental management teams to maintain a collaborative approach in achieving the departmental service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) Responsible for Team Leader development through structured one-to-one sessions, appraisals and individual training and development plans Remain up to date on all relevant external regulatory requirements and internal processes to ensure that all team procedures remain accurate and approved Handle any escalated enquiries and complaints, liaising with the appropriate colleagues to achieve resolution Demonstrate flexibility during periods of high workloads and aid other services when required Support the business with user acceptance testing and disaster recovery cycles, as directed Achieve and actively maintain own skills and knowledge to adhere to the Training and Competency framework Ensure that the risk management process is promoted, supported, managed, and implemented effectively within the team. Liaise with the Risk Team to help identify and manage risk effectively Working with the team and other Line Managers to define, manage and continually improve the team and business processes Coach and inspire to develop staff so that they can grow in line with aspirations of the business Involvement in recruitment activities as directed You will, from time to time, be required to undertake other activities that fall within your capabilities as directed by management Essential Skills and Experience required Strong CASS knowledge, in particular CASS 6 and 7 Experience working within a wrap platform/investment company or similar role. Good understanding of investments, investment products and wrap platforms Proven previous management experience Excellent drive displayed, with the ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative Excellent interpersonal, organisation and communication skills Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines In depth financial services experience
