Financial Crime Manager

Grant Thornton UK; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Financial Crime Manager to oversee the High-Risk Assessment Unit. You'll conduct due diligence, manage reporting, and provide guidance on financial crime risks. Join a diverse team committed to quality and integrity, with flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Experience in a financial crime role.
• Deep understanding of legal requirements and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Conduct enhanced due diligence and risk assessments.
• Manage reporting on Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
• Lead projects to implement new processes.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Research Skills

Education

ICA

CAMS

Job description

More than you expected

The UK member firms of Grant Thornton are part of a global network of independent audit, tax, and advisory firms, comprising over 76,000 professionals across more than 150 countries. We are a team of independent thinkers committed to quality, inclusion, and integrity. We aim to bring diverse experiences to our clients, providing a better, personal, proactive, and agile service. That’s Grant Thornton.

Job Description:

Financial Crime Manager

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Our teams help individuals and communities do what is right and achieve their goals daily.

The Financial Crime team supports the firm in managing financial crime risk and compliance effectively and efficiently. This senior role reports directly to the Senior Manager of the High Risk Assessment Unit (HRAU), with the team headed by the MLRO. You will oversee the daily operations of the HRAU, collaborating closely with the Senior Manager and senior team members, managing Assistant Managers and Analysts.

Your focus will be on ensuring higher risk clients undergo appropriate due diligence, scrutiny, and approval during onboarding and ongoing monitoring. You will advise and engage with various stakeholders, providing guidance and training on financial crime risks. Monitoring, reporting, and investigations are key responsibilities, involving decision-making or presenting findings for senior management decisions. We seek a proactive, self-motivated individual with strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships.

We support flexible working arrangements, including reduced hours and job sharing, to help balance your work and personal life.

The Role

As a Manager in the High-Risk Assessment Unit, you will:

• Conduct enhanced due diligence and risk assessments on clients, third parties, and insolvency payments during onboarding, event-driven, and periodic reviews to manage financial crime exposure and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards.
• Provide guidance and support to team members, approve high-risk relationships following the risk approval matrix, including delegated authority for PEPs and other high-risk clients.
• Manage reporting on Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), ensuring appropriate escalation and reporting to authorities.
• Ensure the efficient operation of the HRAU, collaborating with the Client Due Diligence team and reporting issues to the Senior Manager.
• Review and assess high-risk screening matches, documenting risks, assessments, and recommendations clearly for decision-makers and client engagement teams.
• Engage with client teams on complex high-risk clients to ensure risks are fully understood. Provide training to the team on financial crime matters.
• Create and maintain process documentation for the high-risk escalation procedures, working with the Senior Manager.
• Lead projects to implement new processes and technologies to improve due diligence and risk assessment effectiveness.

Candidate Requirements

The minimum criteria for joining us as a Financial Crime Manager include:

• Experience in a financial crime role.
• Deep understanding of legal requirements and best practices in enhanced due diligence and complex risk assessments.
• Experience in reviewing and approving high-risk clients.
• Strong research skills, including open-source intelligence and database analysis, with the ability to analyze complex data, identify key issues, and recommend actions.

Preferred qualifications include a relevant professional qualification (e.g., ICA, CAMS). Additional desirable skills include high accuracy, attention to detail, compliance with legal and ethical standards, leadership, motivation, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining high service levels.

Why Join Us

We value diversity and foster an inclusive culture where everyone’s contributions are recognized. Our open culture encourages interaction with leaders who are genuinely interested in your growth. We support bringing your whole self to work and pursuing your passions both inside and outside of work.

Beyond the Job

We believe life extends beyond work. We offer flexible working options to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. Your impact will reach beyond your daily tasks, from secondments and charity fundraising to supporting entrepreneurs in developing countries. Our core values—purposefully driven, actively curious, and candid but kind—guide everything we do.

We seek individuals eager to contribute, innovate, and exceed expectations—those proud to do what’s right for the firm, clients, colleagues, and themselves. That’s how it should be.