Financial Crime QA Lead in London

Morson Edge are currently representing a established bank on an exciting opportunity for a Financial Crime Quality Assurance Manager to join on a perm basis and take ownership of building and embedding a first-line assurance capability for the bank.

This would be a London based role with 3 days in the office

Job responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a first-line Quality Assurance (QA) framework across key financial crime functions, including client onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and ongoing due diligence.
• Perform independent assessments of case management and decision-making to evaluate control effectiveness, ensure consistency, and confirm adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Implement a tiered QA approach, combining real-time reviews for high-risk clients with retrospective sampling for lower-risk activities, to enhance timely feedback and minimise approval delays.

To be considered you would need

• Proven experience managing financial crime controls across high-risk client sectors, including NBFIs, MSBs, FX brokers, and cryptocurrency firms.
• Experience designing and implementing QC/QA frameworks from scratch
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial crime control frameworks, including onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and management information (MI) reporting.
• Solid understanding of the three lines of defence model, with proven capability operating effectively within the First Line of Defence (1LOD).
• Skilled in the use of financial crime technology solutions such as ComplyAdvantage, LexisNexis, and Dun & Bradstreet, with experience leveraging data to support risk-based decision-making.

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