Economic Crime Assistant Manager

BDO; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Manager for their Economic Crime Advisory team. In this role, you will support financial crime compliance engagements across various sectors, including financial services and real estate. You'll work closely with clients to enhance their financial crime frameworks and ensure effective risk management. This position offers a unique opportunity to develop your skills in a collaborative environment, where your contributions will directly impact the success of high-growth businesses. Join a team that values mutual support and continuous learning, and help shape the future of financial crime advisory services.

Benefits

Agile Working Opportunities

Professional Development Programs

Mentoring and Coaching

Collaboration Spaces

Team Building Events

Qualifications

• Experience in financial crime compliance and fraud prevention.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of financial crime compliance engagements.
• Independently assess clients’ financial crime frameworks.

Skills

Financial Crime Compliance

Fraud Prevention

Anti-Money Laundering

Problem Solving

Report Writing

Project Management

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Related Field

Professional Certifications (e.g., ACAMS)

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry

As an Assistant Managerwithin the Economic Crime Advisory team, you will support the delivery of financial crime compliance engagements across our portfolio of clients across all sectors, including financial services, betting and gaming, real estate, crypto and legal. You will cover disciplines such as anti-money laundering, fraud prevention, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, market abuse, anti-bribery and corruption, and/or tax evasion. In addition, you will play a key role in assisting the team with developing our financial crime offering and working methods. Our engagements typically include independently assessing clients’ financial crime frameworks, supporting the creation, enhancement and remediation of financial crime systems and controls and optimising financial crime frameworks to be more efficient and effective through the use of technology and/or sustainable target operating models across the three lines of defence.

You'll be someone:

• Good consultancy experience in financial crime, fraud (or similar) compliance
• Passionate about supporting clients with their financial crime frameworks to support the mitigation of financial crime risk
• Interest in learning, upskilling and expanding knowledge and skillset into broader sectors through undertaking diverse projects and receiving on-the-job coaching.
• Demonstrable experience of being able to juggle multiple projects and deadlines, prioritising work where needed, and independently managing own workload successfully
• Ability to investigate and resolve problems with some support and guidance as required involving senior members of the team
• Enjoy working in a close team environment, involved in great team spirit by bringing energy, enthusiasm and facilitation of learning
• Being self-aware and requesting feedback on of areas required for technical and business skill improvements, to drive enhancement of own knowledge and capabilities
• An inquisitive attitude to positively challenge the team’s working papers and methodologies as you work on engagements to enhance effective and efficient engagement management
• A positive approach to quality risk management
• Sound knowledge of some/all of the team’s strategic sectors (financial services, betting and gaming, real estate, crypto and legal) and the inherent financial crime risks which lie within these sectors. Is desirable
• Experience of writing detailed reports, with clear, concise, cohesive and rational assessments, adapting the tone and style based on the recipient(s).
• Experience of building and developing working relationships which support positive outcomes.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.