VP Financial Crime Lawyer

Thomson Legal Recruitment Company; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment agency seeks a qualified lawyer with expertise in financial crime for a challenging role offering a highly competitive VP level salary and hybrid work flexibility. The candidate will provide legal advice on complex anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions matters. Essential qualifications include experience in financial crime and legal risk management within financial services. This role can be performed from London, Manchester, or Glasgow.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Bonus

Pension

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with a solid background in financial crime is required.
• Experience in AML, ABC, CTF, or sanctions is essential.
• Previous experience in the financial services industry is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory advice on complex AML, CTF, and sanctions matters.
• Develop and implement best practice legal strategies for compliance.
• Conduct legal research and analysis to stay updated with changes in laws.

Skills

Financial crime compliance expertise

Legal risk management

Anti-money laundering (AML)

Counter-terrorist financing (CTF)

Sanctions and anti-bribery

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Role Overview

• You will provide focused legal and regulatory advice on complex anti-money laundering (AML), counter‑terrorist financing (CTF), sanctions, and anti‑bribery and corruption (ABC) matters.
• You will also provide expertise and leadership for significant investigations involving AML / CTF, sanctions and ABC alongside leading policy efforts for AML / CTF, sanctions and ABC issues.
• You will ensure compliance with applicable financial crime laws and regulations, and manage legal and reputational risks associated with its activities.
• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Legal advice and support to the business on financial crime laws, regulations, and rules, including anti‑money laundering (AML), sanctions, and anti‑bribery and corruption (ABC) laws and regulations.
• Advising on financial crime compliance policies and procedures including to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws.
• Support Compliance, contributing to and delivering training to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to financial crime.
• Pro‑active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs).
• Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with a solid background in financial crime (candidates from in‑house or private practice are invited to apply).
• Experience in AML, ABC, CTF, or Sanctions.
• Understanding of the requirements of legal risk management in a financial institution.
• Previous experience working in‑house within the financial services industry, or in a banking / financial services team within a law firm environment.

On Offer

Highly competitive VP level salary + benefits including bonus and pension. This role is hybrid and can be based in London City Centre, Manchester or Glasgow.

To Apply

For a confidential discussion, to request the full job description or to apply, please contact :

David Thomson- Director

London: [phone]

Edinburgh: [phone]

Glasgow: [phone]

Aberdeen: [phone]

Dublin: [phone]

Mobile: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]