At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global financial crime strategy and manage compliance teams across multiple jurisdictions.
- Company: Join a leading international organisation in a newly created senior leadership role.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and the chance to shape financial crime compliance.
- Other info: Rare opportunity to influence the future direction of financial crime compliance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial crime compliance in a complex global environment.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in financial crime, strong leadership, and excellent stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
A Head of Financial Crime role has just come to the market for an experienced financial crime professional to join a leading international organisation in a newly created senior leadership role. Reporting to the Risk & Compliance Partner and acting as Deputy MLRO, you will lead the firm's global financial crime function, shaping strategy and driving best practice across AML, sanctions, anti-bribery & corruption, fraud prevention, and wider financial crime compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver the global financial crime strategy across multiple jurisdictions.
- Act as the senior escalation point for AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and other financial crime matters.
- Oversee complex onboarding decisions, including high-risk clients, source of wealth, and source of funds assessments.
- Manage and develop an international team of compliance professionals.
- Design, implement, and enhance financial crime policies, controls, and governance frameworks.
- Support AML governance and suspicious activity reporting obligations.
- Lead regulatory engagement, audits, inspections, and information requests.
- Drive improvements in onboarding processes, screening tools, and compliance technology.
- Design and deliver financial crime training programmes for stakeholders across the business.
About You
- 10+ years' experience in financial crime, AML, and sanctions within a law firm.
- Strong knowledge of UK AML regulations, POCA, sanctions frameworks, and the Bribery Act.
- Proven leadership experience managing and developing high-performing compliance teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior leadership.
- Commercially minded with strong judgement and a pragmatic approach to risk management.
- Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions is highly desirable.
This is a rare opportunity to build on an established framework while helping shape the future direction of financial crime compliance within a complex, global organisation.
Interested? Apply now, or reach out directly to Zali Oulton at zalioulton@taylorroot.com
Financial Crime Risk in London employer: Taylor Root
As a leading global insurance firm, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that empowers our employees to thrive. With a strong emphasis on professional development, we offer numerous growth opportunities and encourage collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that every team member's contributions are valued. Located in a vibrant area, our firm not only provides competitive benefits but also promotes a healthy work-life balance, making it an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers in the legal field.
