Director, Economic Crime Transformation

Baringa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Hybrid working

CSR days

Wellbeing fund

Profit share

Job summary

Baringa Partners with leaders to shape and grow economic crime capabilities across financial services and government. As a Director, you will blend deep crime expertise with senior client leadership and practice building.

You will originate opportunities, advise executives, and lead multi-workstream programmes, setting strategy, design and implementation while nurturing teams and ensuring high-quality client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant Economic/Financial crime consulting experience within a recognised consultancy, specialist advisory firm.
• Deep expertise across AML, KYC/CDD, sanctions, transaction monitoring, fraud, screening, investigations or Economic crime operations
• Strong knowledge of the Economic/Financial crime legal and regulatory landscape, regulatory expectations and relevant industry practice
• A track record of leading large, complex Economic crime transformation, remediation or technology-enabled change programmes
• Credibility with executive stakeholders, including CROs, CCOs, MLROs and senior operational and technology leaders
• Demonstrable experience originating and converting consulting opportunities and developing long-term client accounts
• Experience shaping propositions, campaigns, thought leadership or new capability areas in response to market demand
• Strong commercial judgement, including the ability to manage delivery quality, client outcomes and engagement economics
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coaching senior consultants and future leaders
• An understanding of Economic crime technology platforms, data requirements and vendor solutions commonly used across regulated firms

Responsibilities

• Building trusted relationships with Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, MLROs, Heads of Economic crime and other senior client stakeholders
• Originating, shaping and converting Economic crime opportunities and building a sustainable portfolio of clients and revenue
• Leading complex, multi-workstream Economic crime programmes from strategy and design through to implementation
• Advising clients on regulatory expectations, emerging threats, leading practice and the practical design of proportionate controls
• Overseeing assessments of Economic crime frameworks and translating findings into prioritised remediation plans and roadmaps
• Shaping technology-enabled transformation across KYC, transaction monitoring, screening, investigations and case management
• Defining and growing market-relevant propositions, thought leadership and go-to-market activity
• Raising the visibility of the company's Economic crime capability through senior client conversations, industry engagement and external market presence
• Leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams while maintaining a strong focus on quality, inclusion and client outcomes
• Working collaboratively across the company's sectors and capabilities to bring the best of the firm to clients and create broader opportunities
• Contributing to the strategic direction, commercial performance and leadership of the wider Risk & Compliance practice

Skills

Economic crime consulting

AML

KYC/CDD

sanctions

transaction monitoring

fraud

screening

investigations

Economic crime operations

Executive credibility

Job description

Baringa Partners with leaders to shape and grow economic crime capabilities across financial services and government. As a Director, you will blend deep crime expertise with senior client leadership and practice building.

You will originate opportunities, advise executives, and lead multi-workstream programmes, setting strategy, design and implementation while nurturing teams and ensuring high-quality client outcomes.