Senior Financial Crime & Payments Manager

Location: Hybrid (North West)
Salary: Up to £100,000 + Excellent Benefits

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Financial Crime & Payments Manager to lead and develop their financial crime and payments functions. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring robust financial crime controls while driving operational excellence across payment services in a fast-paced financial services environment.

This opportunity would suit someone with a strong background in financial crime, fraud prevention, AML and payments who enjoys balancing regulatory compliance with operational performance and continuous improvement.

• Lead the Financial Crime and Payments teams, providing strategic direction and day-to-day leadership.
• Oversee AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud prevention and transaction monitoring frameworks.
• Ensure payment operations are delivered efficiently, accurately and in line with regulatory requirements.
• Drive improvements to financial crime controls, processes and technology.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex financial crime and payment-related issues.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with regulators, banking partners and key internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with FCA requirements, anti-money laundering legislation and wider regulatory obligations.
• Produce MI, risk reporting and performance metrics for senior leadership.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Support change initiatives, system implementations and regulatory projects across the business.

• Significant experience within financial services in a senior Financial Crime, Payments or Operations leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud prevention and financial crime regulations.
• Extensive understanding of UK payment schemes and payment operations.
• Proven experience leading and developing operational teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience driving process improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of FCA regulatory requirements and industry best practice.

• Salary up to £100,000
• Hybrid working
• Opportunity to shape and lead two critical business functions
• A collaborative and forward-thinking working environment
• Genuine opportunity to influence strategy and business growth

If you're an experienced leader with expertise across both Financial Crime and Payments, we'd love to hear from you.