Assistant Director - Anti Economic Crime and Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Homes England; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A national housing agency is seeking an Assistant Director - AEC and Money Laundering Reporting Officer to lead its Anti-Economic Crime team. This role involves developing and enforcing economic crime risk strategy, especially in compliance and policies related to various financial regulations. The ideal candidate will bring over 15 years of experience and will be crucial in managing the agency's responsibilities regarding economic crime compliance while supporting the executive leadership in safeguarding public funds.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years of experience in economic crime risk management.
• Experience in strategic and operational financial services roles.
• Demonstrated record in policy compliance and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Anti-Economic Crime (AEC) team.
• Develop and implement economic crime risk policies.
• Provide guidance to the Board’s Audit Committee and executive leadership.

Skills

Economic crime risk management

Policy ownership

Stakeholder management

Operational compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Assistant Director - AEC and Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Closing Date : 09 / 01 / 2026 at 23 : 59

Interviews will take place week commencing 19th January 2026

Location : Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle or Northstowe.

A bit about the role...

Reporting to the Agency’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO), and working within the 2nd Line Risk function, the job role plays a critical strategic role in providing economic crime risk subject matter expertise, providing innovative, collaborative, pragmatic and risk-based solutions for the Accounting Officer and her executive leadership team.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of Homes England and several government strategic initiatives re : regionalisation; design, implementation and economic crime risk compliance for the New Housing Bank and National Housing Delivery Fund in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.

The job holder will keep the Agency, subsidiaries and staff abreast of economic crime risks, threats and requirements, ensuring that, collectively, we do not facilitate economic crime through ignorance or poor control application.

You will be leading a small but highly skilled and experienced Anti-Economic Crime (AEC) team comprising of 11 risk colleagues (mainly located in Newcastle with 2 colleagues in Bristol and Leeds respectively), across its 1st and 2nd Lines, for the Agency and / or its subsidiaries.

1. 2nd Line :

• a. The Agency’s and / or a subsidiary’s registered person with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the Senior Manager responsible for compliance with the Regulations under Regulation 21(1)(a) and The Nominated Officer appointed under Regulation 21(3). Additionally, the Senior Responsible Officer for counter fraud and the interface with government of fraud and wider economic crime issues.
• b. Policy Owner for the Economic Crime Risk Policy and associated policy standard (covering Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing; Financial and Trade Sanctions, Counter Fraud, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Counter Tax Evasion, Insider Trading and Modern Slavery). Also providing input to the Ethics Policy and Declaration of Interest policy standard.
• c. Subject Matter Expertise in formulating economic crime risk policy, making independent proceeds of crime decision and direction, and monitoring adherence through provision of relevant and appropriate training courses, assuring an effective control mechanism.
• d. Providing proportionate and understandable economic crime policy and operational advice to the Accounting Officer, Audit Committee Chair, colleagues and outsourced 3rd Party programme administrator through workshops, awareness sessions and scheduled operational meetings.

2. 1st Line :

• a. Ensure that both the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Investigations teams meet their legal, functional standards and policy obligations and provide a timely and supportive operational service to the Agency, supported directorates and external stakeholders such as the National Crime Agency.

A bit about you…

As a senior manager, in the financial services and / or public sector, you will have at least 15 years’ demonstratable economic crime risk experience, both strategic and operational, including policy ownership and compliance, prevention and measurement, operations including customer due diligence, and reporting suspicion of proceeds of crime and financial sanctions to appropriate regulators; making rationale and independent decisions to keep the Agency and its subsidiaries safe and within its legal economic crime obligations.

You'll be comfortable supporting, challenging and succinctly advising the Board’s Audit Committee, Accounting Officer and Executive Leadership, as well as directing and continue to innovate an effective Anti-Economic Crime team.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a Board and senior level, and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as the Economic Crime Risk agenda.

You will be motivated by safeguarding public funds, demonstrate integrity and accountability in everything you do, and be adaptable in a fast-paced environment. Most importantly, you will thrive on making a tangible impact — helping Homes England deliver with confidence and protect its reputation.

Who are we?

Homes England : The Housing and Regeneration Agency.

Homes England is registered as an Annex 1 firm, for Money Laundering Regulations 2017, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Homes England nor its subsidiaries are not regulated by the FCA under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.