Senior Financial Crime Due Diligence Manager

Centrica; Windsor; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica is seeking a Senior Financial Crime Due Diligence Manager to lead the Group Financial Crime Due Diligence (FCDD) function within LRECS. The role oversees third-party onboarding, risk assessments, and governance while shaping standards and controls across the organisation.

You will partner with senior leaders, drive compliance programmes, and provide MI and risk updates to governance committees. Some UK travel to Windsor/Reading may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading due diligence or financial crime teams in a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of financial crime regulations and the application of effective due diligence frameworks and controls.
• Proven experience delivering business-wide compliance programmes and operating within a three lines of defence model.
• Ability to influence, challenge and engage senior stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Excellent leadership skills with experience developing high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to balance business objectives with regulatory and risk management requirements.
• ICA, ACAMS or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage the Group Financial Crime Due Diligence team, ensuring compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Own and continually enhance FCDD procedures, standards and quality assurance processes across Centrica.
• Provide oversight of third-party onboarding, reviews and monitoring activity, ensuring governance requirements are consistently met.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to ensure service delivery expectations and SLAs are achieved.
• Produce and present management information, insights and risk updates to business leaders and governance committees.
• Support and deputise for the Head of Financial Crime when required.
• Collaborate on the design, implementation and ongoing development of the Group Financial Crime Framework.
• Provide expert guidance on financial crime risks, emerging regulations and due diligence best practice.
• Support governance, training and awareness initiatives across the business.
• Coach and develop Due Diligence Analysts through effective leadership, training and performance management.

Skills

Due Diligence

Financial Crime

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Regulatory Compliance

Communication

Education

ICA, ACAMS or equivalent

Job description

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Crime Due Diligence Manager to join our Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Ethics & Compliance and Secretariat (LRECS) function.

In this role, you'll lead Centrica's Financial Crime Due Diligence (FCDD) function, ensuring robust oversight of financial crime risks across our third‑party relationships and supporting the business in meeting its regulatory and legal obligations.

As the Group's subject matter expert for financial crime due diligence, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation to shape standards, strengthen controls and embed best practice.

Location: Ideally you'll be within commuting distance and able to travel to our Windsor office (until December 2026) and Reading office (from January 2027) when required. We're also open to considering candidates based elsewhere across the UK.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead, develop and manage the Group Financial Crime Due Diligence team, ensuring compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Own and continually enhance FCDD procedures, standards and quality assurance processes across Centrica.
• Provide oversight of third‑party onboarding, reviews and monitoring activity, ensuring governance requirements are consistently met.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to ensure service delivery expectations and SLAs are achieved.
• Produce and present management information, insights and risk updates to business leaders and governance committees.
• Support and deputise for the Head of Financial Crime when required.
• Collaborate on the design, implementation and ongoing development of the Group Financial Crime Framework.
• Provide expert guidance on financial crime risks, emerging regulations and due diligence best practice.
• Support governance, training and awareness initiatives across the business.
• Coach and develop Due Diligence Analysts through effective leadership, training and performance management.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Significant experience leading due diligence or financial crime teams within a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of financial crime regulations and the application of effective due diligence frameworks and controls.
• Proven experience delivering business‑wide compliance programmes and operating within a three lines of defence model.
• Ability to influence, challenge and engage senior stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Excellent leadership skills with experience developing high‑performing teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and decision‑making capabilities.
• Ability to balance business objectives with regulatory and risk management requirements.
• ICA, ACAMS or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Knowledge of the energy sector would be advantageous.