Financial Crime Strategy, Advisory & Oversight Lead

About this role

Let Us Tell You a Bit About The Opportunity

To provide senior second-line leadership of the Bank's Financial Crime advisory and oversight activities, ensuring AML, sanctions and wider financial crime risks are effectively identified, challenged and managed across the Bank.

The role provides expert regulatory advice to the business, oversees the effectiveness of Financial Crime controls and monitoring activity, and supports the development of the Bank's Financial Crime strategy, ensuring the control environment continues to evolve in line with the Bank's risk profile and regulatory expectations.

To act as an ambassador of the Bank’s vision to Back more people to go for it in life and in business.

What will your day look like?

• Provide expert second-line advice and challenge across AML, CTF, sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption risks.
• Lead oversight of the Bank's AML, sanctions and financial crime control frameworks, challenging the effectiveness of first-line controls and governance.
• Support the development and delivery of the Financial Crime strategy and associated strategic initiatives.
• Lead risk-based thematic reviews across AML, sanctions and wider Financial Crime risks, ensuring meaningful insights and outcomes are delivered.
• Oversee the effectiveness of Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), sanctions screening and ongoing monitoring arrangements.
• Provide expert guidance on complex Financial Crime matters, supporting business decision making while maintaining second-line independence.
• Support implementation of technology, data and control enhancements that strengthen the Financial Crime control environment.
• Work closely with the Fraud Risk Oversight Lead to ensure alignment across fraud, AML and wider Financial Crime risks.
• Support regulatory reviews, thematic inspections and Internal Audit activity relating to Financial Crime oversight.

What do we expect from you?

• Significant experience in Financial Crime Compliance within a UK regulated financial services organisation.
• Strong technical knowledge of AML, sanctions, customer due diligence and wider Financial Crime regulation.
• Proven ability to provide independent challenge and pragmatic regulatory advice to senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering Financial Crime monitoring, thematic reviews or assurance activity.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify emerging risks and recommend practical improvements.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced environment.

What can you expect from us?

At Aldermore, you'll be part of a business where specialist expertise is valued, and where colleagues are empowered to make a real difference.

In return, you'll benefit from

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Hybrid working, with the flexibility to work from our London, Reading or Manchester office
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Career development and progression opportunities.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture.

Let Us Tell You a Bit About Us

We're Aldermore, the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying "yes" to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their start-ups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers choose MotoNovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

Whatever your background, if you're looking to make an impact within a bank that's built on expertise, ambition and helping customers achieve more, we'd love to hear from you.

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