Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring and Screening Lead

<div><h2>About Aberdeen</h2> <p>At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.</p> <p>We are strengthening talent and culture as a strategic priority, aiming to be a great place to work, attract, and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put stakeholders at the heart of everything they do, helping us make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.</p> <p>We focus on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand.

We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.</p> <p>Aberdeen comprises three businesses: Interactive Investor, Investments, and Adviser, each focused on meeting and adapting to clients’ evolving needs.</p> <ul> <li>Interactive Investor – the UK’s second largest direct‑to‑consumer investment platform, enabling individuals to plan, save, and invest.</li> <li>Adviser – provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.</li> <li>Investments – a specialist asset manager focusing on public markets and alternative asset classes.</li> </ul> <h2>About the Role</h2> <p>The Transaction Monitoring and Screening Lead is the Business Owner for Aberdeen’s screening and transaction monitoring capability.

The role has full accountability for strategic direction, functional ownership, and governance of Aberdeen’s screening tools and supporting systems across the firm's Anti‑Financial Crime (AFC) control environment.</p> <p>Key responsibilities include ensuring all tools operate in line with regulatory expectations across AML, sanctions, and fraud, while supporting business operations and aligning to Aberdeen’s technical, governance, and commercial frameworks.

The role leads regulatory‑driven enhancements, optimisation initiatives, and evolving business use cases, partnering with first‑line teams, second‑line AFC, technology functions, and external vendors.</p> <h2>Key Responsibilities</h2> <h2>Strategic Ownership & Direction</h2> <p>Define and maintain the strategic vision for screening tools and systems within the AFC environment.

Lead enhancements driven by regulatory change and contribute to key technology decisions, including upgrades, architecture, and future‑state assessments.</p> <h2>Governance, Oversight & Stakeholder Management</h2> <p>Establish and lead governance over performance, risk management, operational resilience, and data quality.

Chair service review forums with technology, vendor management, and suppliers.

Coordinate cross‑functional decisions on operating model design and cost allocation.</p> <h2>Requirements, Change & Product Lifecycle Management</h2> <p>Own definition and prioritisation of business requirements across enhancements, configuration, and new functionality.

Partner with technology, first‑line units, and second‑line AFC to plan and deliver structured change cycles.</p> <h2>Financial & Commercial Ownership</h2> <p>Maintain ownership of licence management and the group‑wide cost allocation model for screening tools, working with finance partners across businesses.

Lead commercial decisions on vendor contracts and cost sharing.</p> <h2>Operational Alignment & Performance</h2> <p>Ensure coordinated operation of screening tools and monitoring across first‑line operations, AFC oversight, and technology support.

Drive effectiveness of alert management and oversee control testing to support audit readiness.</p> <h2>Vendor & Supplier Management</h2> <p>Act as senior escalation point for service issues and performance incidents.

Manage supplier governance, service reviews, and contract oversight, ensuring adherence to third‑party risk standards.</p> <h2>About the Candidate</h2> <p>The ideal candidate will possess:</p> <ul> <li>Relevant professional qualification and senior/strategic experience with screening and monitoring tools (essential).</li> <li>Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, and fraud requirements, gained in a regulated environment (essential).</li> <li>Effective governance and stakeholder management, influencing across first line, second line, and technology functions (essential).</li> <li>Ability to translate regulatory and business requirements into practical system solutions (essential).</li> <li>Experience in vendor and supplier management with service performance oversight (desirable).</li> <li>Experience with screening tools such as Nice Actimize, Dow Jones, Factiva (desirable).</li> </ul> <h2>Our Benefits</h2> <p>We offer a competitive rewards package, including 40 days annual leave, 16% employer pension contribution, discretionary performance‑based bonus where applicable, private healthcare, and flexible benefits such as gym discounts, season ticket loans, and an employee discount portal.</p> <h2>Inclusive Recruitment</h2> <p>Aberdeen is a Disability Confident and Committed employer.

If you have a disability, we will support you through the application process and provide reasonable adjustments for interviews.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and are committed to a fair and unbiased workplace.</p> <p>If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability, please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.</p></div> #J-18808-Ljbffr