Financial Crime - Manager

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.

You'll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you're supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You'll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact.

About the team

Our Financial Crime team supports regulated and non-regulated clients across:

• Anti-money laundering (AML)
• Sanctions and proliferation financing
• Fraud and economic crime
• Anti-bribery and corruption
• Market abuse and conduct risk
• Skilled Person Reviews (s166)
• Financial crime transformation and remediation
• Financial crime governance and operating models
• Customer risk assessment and due diligence
• Financial crime technology and data

The practice is experiencing significant growth and forms a key strategic priority within Financial Services Consulting.

About the role

As a Manager, you will:

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of financial crime assignments and take end-to-end ownership of defined workstreams.
• Proactively plan and drive activity, identify dependencies and resolve or escape barriers to delivery.
• Own initiatives, tasks and deliverables, bringing structure and momentum with proportionate senior oversight.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Manage engagement teams and create opportunities for junior colleagues to develop.
• Contribute actively to proposals, business development and the development of new methodologies, tools and solutions.
• Help maintain the team’s reputation for quality, technical excellence and client service.

Key responsibilities:

Client delivery and assignment leadership

• Lead financial crime assignments, workstreams or substantial deliverables from planning through to completion.
• Take ownership of delivery plans, budgets, timelines, resources, dependencies and quality, keeping senior leaders informed through concise and timely reporting.
• Translate assignment objectives into clear actions, allocate responsibilities and maintain momentum across the team.
• Anticipate next steps, identify gaps and make practical recommendations without relying on detailed day-to-day direction.
• Deliver and review high-quality reports, presentations, analysis and other client outputs.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement across multiple workstreams and, where relevant, jurisdictions.
• Identify issues, risks and opportunities early; take action within delegated authority and escalated with clear options where required.
• Ensure delivery complies with agreed scope, internal methodologies, risk requirements and professional standards.
• Support Directors and Partners in managing complex client relationships, while independently managing day-to-day client interactions.
• Support regulatory reviews, remediation programmes and transformation initiatives, providing practical advice on financial crime frameworks, governance and regulatory expectations.

Team leadership

• Lead, manage and coordinate engagement teams, setting clear expectations and holding team members accountable for delivery.
• Coach and develop Senior Associates, Associates and Analysts through regular feedback, delegation and development planning.
• Create opportunities for junior colleagues to build technical, consulting and leadership skills.
• Support engagement staffing, resource management, recruitment, onboarding and retention activities.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative and supportive culture, and act as a role model for the firm’s values and behaviours.
• Share knowledge and lessons learned, promoting consistent standards across the team.

Business development & client relationships

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, prospective clients and professional contacts.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and contribute to converting opportunities into work.
• Take ownership of defined elements of proposals, bids and client presentations, coordinating inputs and driving them to completion.
• Contribute to market research, opportunity identification, thought leadership, marketing initiatives and industry events.
• Help develop compelling financial crime propositions and solutions that respond to evolving client needs.

Technical leadership & solution development

• Provide credible technical expertise across relevant financial crime disciplines and challenge constructively where needed.
• Keep abreast of emerging regulatory, market and industry developments and translate them into practical implications for clients and the practice.
• Contribute to the development of methodologies, templates, tools, intellectual property and new service offerings.
• Work collaboratively with technology, risk, data and other specialists to develop integrated solutions.
• Promote quality, consistency, innovation and continuous improvement across assignments.

Practice contribution

• Take proactive ownership of internal initiatives and continuous improvement activities, with clear plans, stakeholders and outcomes.
• Contribute to achieving the team’s financial and operational objectives, including utilisation, recovery, pipeline and resource management.
• Participate actively in training, knowledge sharing and capability development.
• Build relationships across Financial Services Consulting, the wider firm and international member firms.
• Support cross-service-line and cross-border opportunities where appropriate.

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will combine strong financial