Senior Financial Crime Manager – EU AML

Aviva plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Smart working

Job summary

Aviva plc in Central London is seeking a Senior Financial Crime Manager – EU AML to provide specialist AML expertise and oversight across Aviva’s Overseas Life Assurance Business (OLAB) within Insurance, Wealth & Retirement. You will work with UK & Ireland teams, driving risk management, policy development and regulatory change initiatives.

We are looking for strong EU AML technical knowledge, proven financial crime experience in financial services, and the ability to influence stakeholders with

Qualifications

• Strong EU AML knowledge including regulations, sanctions, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.
• Experience in financial crime prevention within financial services.
• Ability to assess financial crime risks and support risk management.
• Excellent stakeholder management across UK & Ireland.
• Ability to communicate regulatory concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Experience advising business teams on financial crime risk and controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist EU AML technical advice to Overseas Life Assurance Business (OLAB).
• Collaborate with UK & Ireland Financial Crime teams and third-party administrators.
• Support EU AML regulatory change projects and risk management initiatives.
• Review and update AML policies and controls reflecting regulatory developments.
• Manage technical financial crime queries with practical recommendations.
• Identify and escalate material financial crime risks and control weaknesses.
• Support remediation of Internal Audit findings and regulatory reviews.
• Contribute to financial crime training and awareness activities.

Job description

Senior Financial Crime Manager – EU AML

Location: Central London, 80 Fenchurch Street

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Contract Duration: 6 months

A bit about the job

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Financial Crime Manager – EU AML to provide specialist Anti-Money Laundering (AML) expertise, advice and oversight across Aviva’s Overseas Life Assurance Business (OLAB) within Insurance, Wealth & Retirement (IWR).

In this role, you’ll work closely with stakeholders across the UK and Ireland, including first- and second-line Financial Crime teams, internal business functions and third-party outsourced administrators. You’ll play a key role in managing financial crime risks, supporting regulatory change and ensuring effective AML policies, processes and controls are in place.

This is an excellent opportunity for a financial crime professional with strong EU AML technical knowledge who can influence stakeholders, provide pragmatic guidance and help strengthen financial crime risk management across a complex financial services environment.

Skills and experience we're looking for

• Strong technical knowledge of EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML), including relevant regulations, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, sanctions and industry good practice.
• Proven experience in financial crime prevention within the financial services sector.
• Experience assessing financial crime risks, identifying emerging issues and supporting effective risk management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across business functions and different lines of defence.
• Ability to communicate complex regulatory and technical concepts clearly to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Experience providing financial crime advice, constructive challenge and oversight to business teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and recommend practical solutions.
• A proactive, flexible and pragmatic approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and respond to changing regulatory requirements.
• A customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to maintaining effective financial crime controls and achieving positive customer outcomes.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Provide specialist EU AML technical advice, guidance and support to the Overseas Life Assurance Business (OLAB).
• Work collaboratively with first- and second-line Financial Crime teams across the UK and Ireland, as well as relevant third-party administrators.
• Support the delivery of EU AML regulatory change projects, process improvements and financial crime risk management initiatives.
• Review and update AML policies, procedures and controls to reflect regulatory developments and industry best practice.
• Manage technical financial crime queries raised by the business, providing clear and practical recommendations.
• Identify, assess and escalation material financial crime risks, emerging threats and control weaknesses.
• Support the management and resolution of findings arising from Internal Audit, Compliance Monitoring and Group Investigations.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of financial crime training and awareness activities.
• Support regulatory audits and visits relating to financial crime, ensuring appropriate preparation and follow-up.
• Prepare and contribute to financial crime management information (MI) and reports for senior management and board-level stakeholders.
• Share lessons learned and good practice across the business to promote a strong financial crime prevention culture.

Desirable experience

• Experience working within the life assurance, insurance, wealth management or retirement sectors.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment applicable to EU AML requirements within a financial services organisation.
• Experience working with outsourced service providers or third-party administrators.
• Experience supporting regulatory change programmes, AML policy reviews and financial crime control enhancements.
• Exposure to regulatory audits, compliance monitoring reviews and internal audit findings.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK and Ireland.
• A relevant degree or professional qualification, such as an International Compliance Association (ICA) qualification in financial crime prevention, or equivalent practical experience.

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.

We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part-time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, our business and you. Most of our people are smart working, spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week and combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.