Financial Crime Manager

Vwfs Uk; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BONUS 10%

PENSION 9%

Company Car BEV

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 4x Salary

Discount Vouchers

Care Concierge

Learning & Development

Job summary

VWFS UK is seeking an experienced Financial Crime Manager to prevent, detect, investigate and mitigate financial crime across the organisation. You will be the single point of contact for reported financial crime, lead a talented team and shape the financial crime strategy.

This role offers exposure to senior stakeholders, opportunities to implement advanced analytics, and to drive robust controls and regulatory compliance within a fast-paced automotive finance environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial crime investigations.
• Knowledge of UK AML regulations.
• Experience in automotive financial services or regulated financial services.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Financial Crime team.
• Provide second-line oversight of risk across VWFS and VW Bank.
• Drive analytics and innovative solutions to strengthen fraud detection.
• Lead investigations and draft SAR/DAML submissions, ensuring robust risk assessment and reporting.
• Represent VWFS in industry forums and with senior stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain financial crime policies and procedures to align with regulations.

Skills

Team Leadership

Financial Crime

Regulatory Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Data Analytics

KYC Knowledge

Investigations

UK AML

Education

Degree in Finance/Law

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Financial Crime Manager to prevent, detect, investigate and mitigate financial crime across our organisation, you'll be the single point of contact for any reported financial crime. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in protecting our customers, business and brand. You'll lead a talented team, shape financial crime strategy, influence senior stakeholders and work at the frontier of fraud prevention and financial crime risk management. What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll lead, inspire and develop a high-performing Financial Crime team, fostering an inclusive culture where people can thrive and grow.
• Provide second-line oversight of financial crime risk across VWFS and VW Bank, ensuring robust controls and regulatory compliance.
• Drive the use of advanced analytics and innovative solutions to strengthen fraud detection and prevent financial crime.
• Influence business strategy by leading financial crime input into key projects, new products and business initiatives.
• Continuously improve processes, systems and controls to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and compliance.
• Represent VWFS at industry forums, bringing external insight and best practice into the organisation.Represent VWFS at industry forums, bringing external insight and best practice into the organisation.
• Lead quality assurance programmes and ensure compliance with Hunter II and CIFAS membership.
• Offer subject matter expertise on Know Your Customer (KYC) and UK Money Laundering Regulations, identifying compliance risks and opportunities for improvement while providing clear and actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Analyse emerging financial crime trends, identifying risks and opportunities to strengthen controls and customer protection.
• Lead and support complex financial crime investigations, draft and approve SAR/DAML submissions, ensuring robust risk assessment, accurate reporting, and compliance with UK anti-money laundering legislation, regulatory requirements, and National Crime Agency standards.
• Lead complex internal and external financial crime investigations, working closely with law enforcement agencies and representing the business in Court where required.
• Provide expert guidance and support to investigators, promoting best practice and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Build financial crime capability across the business through training, mentoring and specialist advice.
• Develop and maintain financial crime policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and European standards.

What you’ll bring: You’ll be an experienced Financial Crime Manager that is skilled at leading, developing and motivating high-performing teams, creating an inclusive culture where people can thrive. You’ll have a focus on financial crime methodologies in a rapidly changing environment and pre-empting the next iteration of financial crime to support us to remain fit for the future.

• Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with the confidence to manage performance, support development and lead challenging conversations.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment, remaining adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Experience operating at management level, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• A strong understanding of financial crime risks, investigations and relevant legislation, with the ability to apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, using insight and data to identify trends, manage risk and drive improvements.
• The confidence to make sound decisions, challenge constructively and think creatively when resolving complex issues.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to build trusted relationships and communicate effectively at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance regulatory requirements with business objectives.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to manage competing priorities and deliver results under pressure.
• A collaborative approach, working across teams and functions to achieve shared goals.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and provide expert guidance to colleagues.
• Experience leading financial crime investigations and managing financial crime risk.
• Knowledge of financial crime prevention tools and controls.
• Experience within automotive financial services or a regulated financial services environment.

Why join VWFS UK?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team. This role does not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

What’s in it for you?

• Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)
• Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.
• Car schemes: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance
• OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
• Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).
• Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.
• We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career.
• We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.