Financial Crime Manager

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

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Financial Crime Manager for their London office. The role involves supporting global financial crime initiatives, leading a team, and ensuring compliance with AML and sanctions regulations. This position is ideal for compliance professionals with strong management experience in high-risk sectors, particularly within legal or financial services.

Qualifications

• Proven management experience in compliance, ideally in legal or financial services.
• Strong focus on AML, sanctions, and financial crime matters.
• Ability to apply a risk-based approach to compliance.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of Financial Crime Advisors and providing guidance.
• Assisting with regulatory inspections and corrective actions.
• Reviewing risk assessments and maintaining the breaches log.

Skills

Leadership

Compliance knowledge

Risk management

AML expertise

Sanctions knowledge

Job description

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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.