Financial Crime & Compliance Manager

Location – London – Hybrid, 2-3 days a week in office

My client is an innovative fintech with an award winning lending solution distributed through brokers, direct to business & most recently through embedded finance with E‑Commerce and Payment platforms.

As the lending book & volume of applications continues to growth MoM we are looking for Operational Compliance & FinCrime Manager to help streamline & scale processes alongside doing hands on case management.

It’s an exciting time to join company as it’s entering a pivotal point in scaling, creating a highly rewarding, fast paced & innovative environment to work within.

Role and Responsibilities

• Carry out onboarding of new customers and suppliers to ensure full compliance with anti-money-laundering and financial crime regulation, with particular attention to KYC requirements for SME lending.
• Support the development and day-to-day management of control systems designed to prevent or address financial crime and fraud risks, ensuring alignment with regulatory guidelines and internal policies.
• Assist in evaluating the efficiency of KYC, AML and fraud‑prevention controls and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Help draft, modify and implement company policies relating to AML, fraud prevention, customer due diligence and wider compliance frameworks.
• Support assessments of new products, suppliers or business ventures to identify possible compliance and financial crime risks.
• Review work carried out by colleagues where necessary to highlight issues and provide practical guidance or basic training on financial crime indicators, KYC standards and escalation routes.
• Keep up to date with regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in financial crime and compliance control.
• Prepare routine financial crime and compliance reports for senior management and assist with any regulatory information requests.
• Ensure GDPR and record‑retention guidelines are adhered to for customer data as well as internally.
• Help promote a strong culture of good conduct, financial crime awareness and compliance across the business.

Skills and Attributes

• Proven experience in KYC, CDD, AML and fraud-prevention work within SME lending, with the ability to support and develop effective day-to-day processes.
• Strong understanding of relevant regulatory expectations relating to lending, AML, sanctions, fraud, record keeping and customer risk assessment.
• Good knowledge of reporting procedures, documentation standards and audit or regulatory requirements.
• Methodical, diligent and organised with strong attention to detail.
• An analytical mind able to understand the complexities of procedures, financial crime typologies and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across different teams.