Senior Financial Crime Specialist

Search-Select LTD; East Devon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Crime Specialist to join a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in risk and regulatory consulting. In this pivotal role, you will lead engagement teams, manage client relationships, and drive the growth of services across the Isle of Man and Crown Dependencies. Your expertise in Financial Crime, combined with strong leadership and analytical skills, will be crucial in delivering high-quality solutions and enhancing market share. This role offers the opportunity to mentor junior team members while working on diverse projects that have a significant impact on clients. If you are passionate about making a difference in the financial services sector, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and people skills with a strong Financial Crime background.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams on Risk and Regulatory projects related to Financial Crime.
• Build trusted client relationships and deliver quality client services.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Financial Crime Expertise

Relationship Building

Analytical Skills

Report Writing

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

Relevant Financial Crime Qualifications

Job description

Our client seeks a Senior Financial Crime specialist with a proven track record, to assist with managing and growing the Isle of Man, and wider Crown Dependencies, risk and regulatory consulting practice. The successful candidate will form part of a highly motivated team of risk consulting professionals, with a strong client focus, and an ethos of delivering excellence.

Role Profile: You will work alongside the advisory leadership to deliver quality work, and to further enhance the Risk and Regulatory offering so as to grow market share and Advisory revenues. The role involves leading engagement teams, taking overall responsibility for the delivery and development of client services, business and service development, client relationship management, quality assurance and resource management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading teams on a range of Risk and Regulatory projects, particularly those relating to Financial Crime and its Governance
• Being a client liaison and building deep and trusted client relationships
• Maintaining a deep commercial understanding and knowledge of the financial services industries in Isle of Man, as well Jersey and Guernsey
• Building and maintaining a strong network of external commercial influencers and potential clients
• Preparing and delivering client pitches and proposals
• Mentoring and motivating team junior members; providing effective performance management and development opportunities
• Maintaining high levels of drive and enthusiasm through a positive attitude and team working to identify solutions and deliver efficiencies
• Developing knowledge of all service lines to enable cross-selling of multidisciplinary services

Key Skills and Experience:

• Proven leadership and people skills; a team player with the ability to build effective relationships
• Well-rounded experience with strong technical Financial Crime background and qualifications
• Ability to win and deliver work with a commercial mindset
• Excellent relationship building and presentation skills
• Strong financial and commercial analytical skills
• Proven report writing experience and excellent presentation skills
• Experience running multiple projects and work streams and working to tight deadlines
• Stakeholder management - experience of dealing with multiple parties in distressed situations
• Language requirements - excellent spoken, listening and written English