Fraud and Financial Crime Oversight Manager

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial services organization is seeking a Fraud and Financial Crime Oversight Manager to lead initiatives in economic crime risk management. This role requires expertise in fraud typologies and the ability to drive continuous improvement through innovative technology solutions. The successful candidate will influence senior management and ensure compliance with regulations while working in a hybrid model across multiple locations, including Leeds.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Fraud: understanding of fraud typologies and controls.
• Experience in financial crime risk management.
• Strong analytical capability for data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Support the business in understanding legal and policy requirements.
• Involve in proactive management of risk & control.
• Support key business relations and critical initiatives.

Skills

Fraud expertise

Financial crime risk management

Analytical capability

Stakeholder engagement

Proactive improvement

Education

Professional certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA)

Background in data science or advanced analytics

Tools

AI and machine learning

Biometrics

Job description

Job Title

Fraud and Financial Crime Oversight Manager

Salary

£63,685.00 - £72,650.00

Location

Edinburgh, Bristol, Birmingham and Leeds

Hours

Full-time

Working Pattern

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About this opportunity

We’re looking for a proactive professional with deep expertise in fraud and financial crime, and a strong track record of deploying innovative technology solutions to tackle economic crime. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping and supervising key initiatives that strengthen our economic crime risk management, and supporting the businesses ambitious growth plans. If you thrive on solving complex challenges and driving impactful change, we’d love to hear from you.

Within Insurance, Pensions & Investment (IP&I), we’re on an exciting journey to deepen our relationships with our customers and grow the business further, in a sustainable way. We’re developing new propositions and delivering a seamless service to our customers across all our channels.

IP&I Risk provide independent oversight across the business, on all risk types, ensuring senior management and the IP&I Board can make informed decisions when considering the IP&I Risk profile. We encourage all our colleagues to challenge the status quo and to produce new and innovative ideas. We’re focused on creating a values‑led culture and are committed to building a truly inclusive environment where you can make a real difference.

IP&I Risk Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) is a growing second line of defence team of eight people, responsible for providing specialist ECP (fraud, anti‑money laundering, sanctions, and anti‑bribery) oversight. We provide proactive support, data‑led and insightful advice and challenge.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the business to understand their legal/regulatory and policy requirements, strengthen the control environment, understand ways to better prevent and detect frauds whilst digitising customer journeys and launching new propositions.
• Be actively involved in fostering a risk culture outlook through proactive management of risk & control, reviewing risk profiles, Risk and Control Self Assessments (RCSA), and relevant data.
• Supporting key business relations with senior management and delivering on critical initiatives.
• Enhancing our operations by taking on various tasks as needed and stepping in for the Senior Manager when necessary.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Fraud: deep understanding of fraud typologies, controls, and emerging threats.
• Experience in financial crime risk management – including Anti‑Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Anti‑Bribery & Corruption.
• Track record in shaping and deploying technology solutions to combat economic crime.
• Strong analytical capability: able to gather, interpret, and use data to drive effective oversight and decision‑making.
• Understanding of risk management frameworks (including RCSA and related processes).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills – able to influence, provide constructive challenge, and communicate effectively (written and verbal) at senior levels.
• Proactive and change‑oriented outlook: finds opportunities and champions continuous improvement in systems and processes.

Additional Experience

• Familiarity with emerging technologies in fraud prevention (e.g., AI, machine learning, biometrics).
• Experience in large‑scale transformation or technology implementation projects.
• Knowledge of global regulatory trends and standard processes in economic crime prevention.
• Professional certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA).
• Background in data science or advanced analytics for fraud detection.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. It’s why we especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.