Financial Crime Manager

Financial Crime Team Leader

Newcastle

The Financial Crime Team Leader will be responsible for delivering the financial crime framework within the first line of defence. They will play a vital role in strengthening the firm’s approach to financial crime by implementing effective systems and controls and advising other teams on financial crime-related matters.

Position Responsibilities

• Team Management & Advisory Support: Supervise a team of financial crime analysts, providing day-to-day direction and serving as the primary point of contact for 1st line financial crime-related inquiries across the business.
• Operational Oversight: Ensure timely and accurate completion of key activities including client monitoring, transaction reviews, onboarding exceptions, PEPs/sanctions/adverse media screening, high-risk client assessments, escalations, and handling secure message queries.
• Data Reporting & Policy Adherence: Prepare and deliver financial crime reports for 1st line management to relevant risk committees, while ensuring the team follows established protocols and standards for all escalations and alerts.
• Collaboration & Awareness: Engage with 2nd line financial crime teams, and actively promote awareness of financial crime prevention efforts across the organization.

Your Profile

• Minimum of 3 years AML experience, preferably gained within a dynamic environment
• Strong managerial competency – perfect if you have experience of training staff and want to move into a team lead capacity
• AML knowledge is essential, experience within Fraud Prevention, Transaction Monitoring and/or Market Abuse would be beneficial
• Able to seamlessly fit in to a non-corporate structure/culture