Financial Crime Manager

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in London is seeking a Financial Crime Manager for a permanent role. This position involves supporting and strengthening financial crime compliance initiatives globally, managing a team, and ensuring adherence to AML and sanctions legislation. The ideal candidate will have significant management experience in compliance, ideally within legal or financial sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven management experience in an international compliance function.
• Strong focus on AML, sanctions, and broader financial crime matters.
• Solid people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Support global financial crime initiatives including audits and policy development.
• Lead a team of Financial Crime Advisors and provide expert guidance.
• Assist in regulatory inspections and maintain compliance logs.

Skills

Management

AML Compliance

Risk-based Approach

Sanctions Knowledge

Job description

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Financial Crime Manager, london (city of london)

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Client:

RedLaw Recruitment

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

6

Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

RedLaw is partnering with a leading law firm seeking a Financial Crime Manager to join their London office on a permanent basis.

The role will support global financial crime initiatives, including regulatory submissions, internal audits, training, policy development, and compliance monitoring. You'll work closely with the Head of Risk and Compliance and the Senior Financial Crime Manager to strengthen the firm’s global approach to financial crime compliance.

Key responsibilities include assisting with regulatory inspections and any required remedial actions, reviewing risk assessments, horizon scanning, and maintaining the breaches log.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

• Leading a team of Financial Crime Advisors, providing expert guidance on sanctions, financial crime, and regulatory matters across the group.
• Supporting the Head of Risk and Compliance, as well as the Senior Financial Crime Manager, in the rollout and implementation of the Group Compliance Financial Crime Framework.
• Keeping abreast of developments in AML/CTF, anti-bribery, financial crime, and sanctions legislation to ensure ongoing compliance and risk mitigation.
• Assisting the Senior Financial Crime Manager in mentoring and developing team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Providing oversight and support for the preparation and submission of iSARs to MLROs across the firm.
• Acting as the primary escalation point for all queries from Financial Crime Advisors, ensuring consistent and effective issue resolution.

The ideal candidate will be a compliance professional with proven management experience in an international compliance function, with a strong focus on AML, sanctions, and broader financial crime matters. ideally within a law firm or, alternatively, the financial services sector. They will bring solid people management experience, practical expertise in applying a risk-based approach to compliance, and a strong working knowledge of sanctions regimes, PEPs, and other high-risk categories.