Senior Financial Crime Manager

3w3 weeks ago

Quilter

London, GB · Full-time · £100,000 – £140,000

About this role

Quilter plc is a leading provider of financial advice, investments and wealth management, overseeing £141.2 billion in customer investments. It offers adviser and customer solutions spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset solutions, and discretionary fund management across Affluent and High Net Worth segments.

As Senior Financial Crime Manager, play a pivotal role strengthening the financial crime framework alongside the Head of Financial Crime Prevention and supporting the MLRO. This senior Second Line of Defence position acts as financial crime subject matter expert across the business on AML/CTF, sanctions, tax evasion, ABC and fraud.

Provide robust oversight challenge and advisory support to business units, monitoring 1LoD controls effectiveness and KYC/CDD processes. Lead risk assessments, develop policies and standards, conduct horizon scanning, and deliver training and assurance reviews in the Risk department.

Quilter is transforming, modernising and becoming more customer centric. Bring bold ambitions, new ideas, challenge and evolve practices. Join at the perfect time to shape financial crime practices aligned to risk appetite.

Requirements

Financial crime subject matter expertise across AML/CTF, sanctions, tax evasion, ABC and fraud
Experience acting as SME in Second Line of Defence within financial services
Knowledge of regulatory change management and horizon scanning
Proficiency in financial crime policy and standards development
Ability to lead business-wide financial crime risk assessments
Skills in producing high-quality management information for governance forums
Experience designing 2LoD monitoring and assurance reviews
Capability to support MLRO with regulatory returns and queries

Responsibilities

Monitor the effectiveness of 1LoD financial crime controls and identify gaps or improvement areas
Provide oversight of Know Your Customer (KYC)/customer due diligence (CDD) processes, including advisory support on high risk and enhanced due diligence (EDD) cases
Develop, maintain, and enhance Group financial crime policies, standards and procedures, and risk appetite statements
Conduct horizon scanning, perform gap analyses, and ensure timely implementation of regulatory changes
Lead and maintain financial crime business-wide risk assessments
Report outcomes clearly and regularly to senior management and governance committees
Provide practical guidance to business units on AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and ABC matters
Design and deliver engaging financial crime training programmes to employees at all levels