Financial Crime QA Manager

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If you know how to spot control weaknesses before they become business risks, this Financial Crime QA Manager opportunity gives you the platform to build a stronger first-line assurance function inside a major UK clearing bank. You’ll shape standards, improve decision-making quality, and influence how operational controls perform across onboarding, monitoring, sanctions activity, and due diligence. 

What’s in it for you
  • Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and strong flexibility around delivery
  • Opportunity to build and embed a new first-line assurance framework with visible business impact
  • Exposure to senior stakeholders across operations, compliance, onboarding, and risk functions
  • Enhanced pension contribution package with up to 20% salary sacrifice
  • Private medical cover for you and your family plus life assurance at 4x salary
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with increased entitlement linked to service
Your responsibilities as Financial Crime QA Manager
  • Build and deliver a risk-based assurance framework across onboarding, screening, monitoring, and ongoing due diligence activity
  • Review operational case handling and approvals to assess consistency, control effectiveness, and policy alignment
  • Deliver both real-time reviews for higher-risk activity and retrospective sampling across wider operational processes
  • Produce insight-led reporting that identifies recurring weaknesses, trends, and control gaps across teams
  • Support audit readiness through clear evidence tracking, remediation oversight, and structured documentation
  • Improve operational standards by feeding findings into procedures, guidance updates, and learning activity
What we’re looking for in a Financial Crime QA Manager
  • Previous experience delivering first-line assurance or control testing within a regulated banking environment
  • Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, and due diligence frameworks
  • Knowledge of UK regulatory expectations including FCA, PRA, and JMLSG guidance
  • Experience working with higher-risk client types including FX, payments, fintech, or digital asset sectors
  • Capability to produce detailed MI, identify operational trends, and support control improvement initiatives
Working hours: Hybrid working pattern with 3 office days per week. 

If you’re ready to take ownership of a high-impact Financial Crime QA Manager position where your insight will directly strengthen operational standards and regulatory readiness, apply now.

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