Job Description
Your new company
Join a leading global financial institution committed to maintaining the highest standards of Financial Crime Compliance. You'll work within a highly respected compliance function responsible for shaping policy and procedural frameworks across multiple jurisdictions. This is an environment that values expertise, clarity, and strong governance-offering you the platform to influence global financial crime controls at scale.
Your new role
As a Financial Crime Policy & Procedure Expert, you will design, draft, and enhance the policies, standards, and operational procedures that guide Financial Crime controls across the organisation. You'll translate complex regulatory obligations into practical, customer journey aligned frameworks that support consistent onboarding, KYC/AML, screening, transaction monitoring, and ongoing due diligence processes worldwide.
You'll lead gap assessments, shape future state control frameworks, support transformation initiatives, and act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Product teams. Your work will ensure policies remain risk aligned, audit ready, and globally compliant.
What you'll need to succeed
- 8-12 years' experience in Financial Crime Compliance, Policy Governance, Risk Management or similar roles in global financial institutions
- Strong expertise drafting and managing FCC policies, standards, and procedural documentation
- Deep understanding of customer-journey-centric processes:
- Client onboarding & KYC
- CDD/EDD
- Sanctions and screening
- Transaction monitoring
- Ongoing monitoring, remediation & customer exits
- Strong knowledge of global regulatory frameworks (FATF, JMLSG, OFAC, FCA, MAS, EU AMLD, FinCEN)
- Proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into clear, operationally usable guidance
- Excellent writing, structuring, and communication skills
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders across multiple business units
- Experience in large, complex global banks (Tier 1 experience desirable)
- Preferred: CAMS/ICA/CFCS certifications, experience with policy governance frameworks or regulatory change programmes
What you'll get in return
This is an interim opportunity with a likely duration until December 2026. It is paying £590 per day and is available under hybrid working 2 days per week on site.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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