Financial Crime Systems and Delivery Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

As our Financial Crime Systems & Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the organisation and our clients from financial crime risks. You’ll be responsible for the strategic development, delivery and oversight of our financial crime systems across the Group, ensuring they remain robust, compliant, and aligned with regulatory expectations.

You’ll translate our Financial Crime Unit’s wider strategy into effective, futureready system solutions, shaping how we detect, prevent and respond to financial crime and fraud across retail and SME savings and mortgage portfolios.

Leading a team of Financial Crime Specialists, you’ll foster a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence and high performance.

This is a highimpact role where you can shape the future of financial crime technology, influence organisational awareness, and ensure we remain ahead of emerging risks.

About You

You will be an experienced leader within the financial crime space, confident in both strategy and delivery. You will bring a strong understanding of industrystandard systems and regulatory frameworks, with the credibility to challenge, influence and collaborate at multiple levels.

You’ll be an excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to influence across the organisation.

With deep understanding of the FCA Financial Crime Guide, JMLSG guidance, and the UK retail/business banking regulatory landscape you will have strong knowledge of PEP and sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, and wider FC technologies.

Ideally you will have demonstrable experience managing technology suppliers, contract negotiations, and procurement processes. If you’re passionate about making an impact, shaping effective financial crime defences and leading a talented specialist team, this role will be a great fit.

About Us

The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

The Group provides traditional financial services, helping people own their own home, plan and manage their finances and operate a 32‑branch network across the North‑East, North‑West, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Our Strategic Solutions subsidiary owns the UK’s leading savings management platform and provides managed technology services to new challenger banks and other established providers.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

Benefits

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above‑market pay scales, our reward package includes:

• Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
• Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
• Annual performance related pay reviews
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
• Access to our financial advisers
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance

• A 35‑hour weekly contract – We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions
• 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
• The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
• Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
• Above statutory family leave entitlement – 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
• Two paid volunteering days’ each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there’s no one‑size‑fits‑all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at kate.wilkinson@newcastle.co.uk