Overview
Senior Programme Manager – Financial Crime Transformation
Location: London (Hybrid)
Business Area: Group Risk & Compliance
Responsibilities
* Programme Leadership & Delivery
* Lead the design and delivery of a multi-phased financial crime transformation programme, from strategy through execution.
* Define and embed an enhanced Target Operating Model, integrating a robust three lines of defence framework.
* Oversee transformation across AML, Sanctions, Fraud, and Customer Due Diligence (CDD), ensuring regulatory alignment and operational optimisation.
* Regulatory Alignment & Remediation
* Lead the operational response to financial crime remediation requirements, including Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews across multiple customer cohorts (PEPs, non-personal clients, high-risk sectors, and customers linked to prohibited jurisdictions).
* Engage proactively with regulators, auditors, and key stakeholders to ensure progress transparency and sustainable solutions.
* Deliver improvements that both meet regulatory standards and strengthen the organisation’s long-term compliance culture.
* Financial & Resource Management
* Own and manage a multi-million-pound programme budget, driving robust financial forecasting, controls, and value optimisation.
* Build and lead cross-functional teams, coordinating internal resources and managing external suppliers (e.g. TEK Global Services) to deliver agreed outcomes.
* Stakeholder & Governance Engagement
* Provide strategic updates and insight to senior leadership, the Board, and risk committees on progress, risks, and dependencies.
* Act as a key liaison across compliance, legal, technology, and operations to ensure alignment and joined-up delivery.
* Champion a culture of risk awareness and compliance accountability throughout the business.
Qualifications
* Proven success as a Programme Director / Senior Programme Manager delivering large-scale financial crime and compliance transformation programmes.
* Experience leading regulatory alignment, operating model redesign, and governance framework implementation in regulated environments.
* Strong expertise in AML, Sanctions, Fraud, CDD, and broader financial crime risk management.
* Previous experience in senior regulated roles such as Compliance Officer, MLRO, MLCO, or Director within a Trust & Corporate Services Provider (TCSP) or similar regulated entity.
* Direct involvement in managing financial crime remediation programmes, including complex EDD reviews across diverse customer types.
* Demonstrated ability to manage multi-million-pound budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and value delivery.
* Strong vendor and third-party management experience, with proven accountability for external delivery partners.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at Board level.
Why This Role?
This is a high-impact opportunity to lead a strategic programme of change at the heart of the organisation’s financial crime agenda. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping the operating model, ensuring regulatory resilience, and embedding a culture of compliance and risk awareness that supports long-term success.
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