Overview
Senior Manager, CDD Policy & Advisory – Grant Thornton UK
The Financial Crime team, led by the firm’s MLRO, provides oversight and support to the firm on managing financial crime risk and compliance. Reporting to the Head of Client Due Diligence Policy & Advisory, the team leads the development, maintenance, and implementation of our CDD policy and standards, ensuring our CDD framework is robust, risk-aligned, and operationally efficient while meeting regulatory expectations. The team also leads the training strategy for the CDD team and supports professional client outreach, helping drive consistency, quality, and client experience. This is a senior role requiring deep subject matter expertise and strategic thinking. The role will support ongoing change on CDD and wider onboarding.
Responsibilities
* Support ongoing development, maintenance, and implementation of the CDD policy and standards.
* Ensure the CDD framework is robust, risk-aligned, and operationally efficient while meeting regulatory expectations.
* Lead and contribute to the training strategy for the CDD team and related client outreach, driving consistency, quality and client experience.
* Provide deep subject matter expertise and strategic input to ongoing CDD and onboarding changes.
* Engage with stakeholders to support CDD policy decisions and transformation initiatives.
Qualifications
* CDD/AML Policy roles in UK regulated firms, with experience advising and making decisions on complex corporate/entity due diligence.
* Deep understanding of global CDD/KYC regulatory frameworks, industry best practices and technology including automation and AI.
* Strong track record of drafting, implementing, and managing policy, standards and guidance documents.
* Experience designing and leading training and capability-building initiatives related to CDD.
* Experience influencing senior stakeholders.
* Proven success in managing and supporting change including CDD transformation initiatives.
Why join us
Embracing uniqueness, Grant Thornton’s culture values inclusion, quality, and integrity. We aim to build an open, accessible culture where leaders engage with you and value what you bring. We support flexible working options and aim to balance work and life. The firm’s values—purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind—guide every move.
We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations, doing what’s right for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves.
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