Head of Financial Crime Prevention Strategy & Execution (EMEA) in London

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity. With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Business Segment Overview: Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Role Purpose: StoneX is seeking a Head of Financial Crime Prevention Strategy & Execution to establish and lead an internal capability that sits outside the formal lines of defence model and reports directly to the Chief MLRO. The function will operate as a senior internal consultancy for Financial Crime Prevention, working across Financial Crime risk and operations to convert strategic priorities into practical frameworks, executable designs and measurable outcomes. The role will be hands-on from the outset, developing the core methodologies, control designs, operating model materials, governance outputs, data requirements and automation or AI-enabled solutions required to execute the Financial Crime Prevention agenda.

Responsibilities

• Strategy, Design & Execution: Translate Chief MLRO priorities into a clear Financial Crime Prevention strategy, roadmap and delivery plan. Design target-state operating models, organisational design, governance arrangements and implementation frameworks across Financial Crime risk and operations. Produce core Financial Crime Prevention materials, including methodologies, policies, standards, procedures, control frameworks, process designs, RACI models, decision papers and executive materials. Ensure outputs are practical, risk-based, operationally usable, scalable and capable of supporting regulatory scrutiny.
• Data, Technology, Automation & AI: Define the Financial Crime data, technology, automation and AI roadmap, including requirements, user journeys, control expectations, testing needs and governance considerations. Establish management information and success measures that demonstrate delivery progress, control enhancement and operational improvement.
• Governance & Stakeholder Management: Support the Chief MLRO directly, providing concise options, recommendations, implementation updates and executive materials. Engage senior stakeholders and support functions to drive alignment, ownership and delivery discipline. Build and lead, over time, a high-performing team of data- and technology-driven Financial Crime professionals.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Essential: Significant experience in Financial Crime, transformation, internal consulting, operating model design or execution roles within financial services. Strong understanding of Financial Crime risks including AML/CTF, sanctions and fraud. Strong understanding of Financial Crime operations including due diligence, customer, name and payment screening, transaction monitoring and fraud detection. Proven ability to design practical frameworks, policies, procedures, methodologies, control standards, operating model materials or technology-enabled solutions. Strong consulting, problem-solving and execution capability, including the ability to structure ambiguous issues, challenge assumptions and deliver high-quality work directly. Experience working directly with senior executives, regulators, auditors, technology, operations, risk, compliance and business stakeholders. Experience in wholesale, institutional, corporate, brokerage, trading or payments environments.