TCMG Project Manager (VP) in London

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Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Crime Project Manager with deep expertise in AML Transaction Monitoring and Fraud to lead the design, planning and delivery of large‐scale change initiatives to enhance the firm's capabilities in detecting and preventing money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud. The role ensures alignment between regulatory expectations, business objectives, and technology enablement to drive sustainable improvements in financial crime controls and operational efficiencies. This role requires a strong understanding of financial crime compliance frameworks, AML, global trade regulations, and project management methodologies to ensure the bank remains compliant with evolving AML laws and regulations and industry best practices.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Lead end‐to‐end delivery of AML Transaction Monitoring (TM) and Fraud transformation initiatives, ensuring scope, budget, and timelines are met in line with SMBC EMEA's Project Management Methodology.
• Oversee delivery of system upgrades, model tuning, scenario optimisation, data integration, and workflow automation.
• Coordinate with cross‐functional teams (Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Data, and Business Units) to ensure cohesive execution.
• Define and manage programme governance, reporting, and risk management frameworks.
• Responsible for managing all project lifecycle activities associated with delivering complex projects medium‐term in length, impacting multiple departments or offices.
• Plan and drive completion of all project artefacts including the business case, regulatory requirements, project roadmap, budget, testing, deliverables implementation and handover into business as usual.
• Identify and judge when to escalate risks and issues and their associated mitigation plans to the C‐level Project Sponsor and appropriate committees.
• Maintain focus on delivering and realising the project's benefits.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Education to degree level or significant specialist knowledge.
• Industry recognised modern project management qualification such as PMP or APM preferred.
• Proven experience (10+ years) in project management within financial crime, compliance or risk functions in a corporate or investment banking environment.
• Strong knowledge of AML best practices, especially relating to trade finance, correspondent banking, and cross border transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills including ability to lead and motivate, set the vision for the project, gain team and organisational buy‐in, anticipate and resolve conflict, negotiate and coach.
• Ability to work to multiple deadlines and under pressure.

We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under‐represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation.