The Compliance & Financial Crime Manager will be responsible for ensuring Davies meets all legislative, regulatory, and best practice requirements. Working closely with business stakeholders and management, you will design, strengthen and implement governance controls, policies, and procedures relating to regulatory compliance and financial crime. You will play a key role in enhancing and maintaining our control environment, collaborating with compliance colleagues across Davies and members of the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) function. Key Responsibilities Financial Crime Lead the embedding, strengthening, and maintenance of the Financial Crime Framework (AML, ABC, Counter-Fraud, PEP/Sanctions), including KPIs, metrics, reporting, and escalation processes. Lead Group wide Financial Crime risk assessments including but not limited to Anti Bribery & Corruption, AML & Sanctions, ECCTA etc. Support, strengthen and embed financial crime prevention policies and procedures across Davies. Implement a conduct risk assessment to identify potential financial crime risks. Refresh ECCTA & Corporate Criminal Offences risk assessments across the Group and support Divisional Compliance Teams with action plans. Perform financial crime and sanctions checks as required across business and compliance activities such as new supplier take on and KYC client checks. Support the Group Governance Compliance & Monitoring Plan with inspections and deep-dive reviews. Work with Divisional Compliance Teams to support investigations into suspected financial crimes. Horizon scanning and act as SME on AML, Sanctions, Fraud, CTF, and related legislation (e.g., UK Proceeds of Crime Act, UK Economic Crime & Transparency Act, US Corporate Transparency Act). Provide concise updates on new requirements issued by regulatory bodies such as the SFO and translate these into practical application with governance controls. Provide guidance and support to Divisional Compliance Teams on financial crime matters. General Compliance Assist the Head of Group Governance in implementing compliance policies across the Group, engaging with senior management to develop new policies and mitigate risks. Ensure policy frameworks and documentation are maintained with complete audit trails. Support regulatory compliance across FCA, SRA Code of Conduct, Financial Crime, and Tax Evasion requirements. Collaborate with Compliance Managers to develop and deploy policies and processes. Build strong stakeholder relationships to promote a compliance culture and deliver high-level advice. Contribute to compliance training content and ensure effective rollout. Provide input into regular and ad-hoc governance reporting. Support compliance-related projects and assist in enhancing the Compliance Framework. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Strong knowledge and experience in financial crime compliance within financial services. Relevant higher education and/or industry qualifications. Experience delivering global financial crime risk assessments and related projects. Previous experience designing and implementing regulatory frameworks (desirable). The ability to work within team structures in the Microsoft environment Strong team player with a proactive, hands-on approach and ability to manage risk effectively. Ability to work independently while contributing to wider projects. Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills in a fast-paced environment. Experience working across multiple global jurisdictions with an understanding of associated compliance challenges. Flexible, solution-oriented mindset with strong planning and organizational skills. Ability to meet tight deadlines and produce high-quality materials. Ability to compose and present high level analytical reporting Strong analytical skills and attention to detail