Head of Financial Crime Systems

Allianz; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company based in the UK is seeking a Head of Financial Crime systems to lead the financial crime strategy and team. This hybrid role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders and managing technology vendors. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in financial crime compliance and people leadership, along with strong communication skills. Applicants can expect a competitive salary with flexible working options and various benefits.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance-related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Discounts on insurance products

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in managing financial crime strategies.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to communicate with senior leadership and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial crime team and strategy.
• Manage relationships with external technology vendors.
• Achieve performance measures related to team objectives.

Skills

Fraud / Financial Crime / Compliance experience

Understanding of POCA and FS&TF legislations

People leadership experience

Strategy development for anti-money laundering

Technology solutions management

Microsoft Office skills

Presentation Skills

Financial awareness

Tools

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Role Description

Allianz have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Financial Crime systems to join the wider Fraud and Financial Crime Leadership Team.

The purpose of this role is to lead our first line financial crime team, who help manage our financial crime strategy, including managing our external technology providers. The role is an integral part of the wider Fraud and Financial Crime leadership team, reporting into the Director.

This is a hybrid role ideally based in Bournemouth but does have flexibility to other Allianz locations.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £60,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You

• Leading and evolving the 1st line financial crime strategy to define how we manage sanctions screening, ensuring compliance with regulatory, legal, and group obligations.
• Collaborating with the wider Fraud and Financial Crime leadership team to own and manage the broader fraud strategy.
• Communicating confidently with colleagues across the UK business, including senior leaders, compliance, risk, and operational teams.
• Managing the relationship with external technology vendors that support our analytics and sanctions screening work on behalf of the business.
• Proactively leading, motivating, coaching, and monitoring the team to ensure achievement of agreed KPIs, objectives, professional conduct, and technical and behavioral standards.
• Achieving key people measures, including delivering and embedding Performance Development, brand values, absence management, attrition, and employee feedback.

Essential Skills

• Experience working in a Fraud / Financial Crime / Compliance environment
• Understanding of POCA and FS&TF legislations
• People leadership experience
• Experience of developing and implementing strategies to deal with anti-money laundering requirements
• Experience of managing technology solutions and partners
• Microsoft Office experience predominately in Access, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
• Presentation Skills
• Financial awareness

We support the government scheme "Access to Work" please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

Desirable Skills

• Insurance industry (claims and policy) experience preferrable
• Detailed knowledge of HR processes and procedures
• Experience of fraud investigation techniques and systems

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

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For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Irvine

Closing date: 6/10/2025

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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