Lead Financial Crime Risk Partner

Salary Not Specified

Metro Bank, Holborn, Camden

Posted 3 weeks ago, 28 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e8ed73d4413d4d148918617ea704742f

As one of our Lead Financial Crime Risk Managers at Metro Bank, you will partner with senior stakeholders and their business areas, managing their financial crime risks and ensure a robust control environment in line with the bank's risk appetite

Work alongside our senior leadership team to ensure the proactive identification, assessment, management, monitoring and reporting of Metro Bank's financial crime risks

Be a key driver in the implementation of a robust 1st Line of Defence (LoD) Financial Crime risk and control framework, aligned to the banks policy, standards and set risk appetite

Proactively partner with your business area to ensure management of their financial crime risks, supporting risk insight and opinion on risk profile relating to anti-money laundering, sanctions, and fraud, but also areas falling under increasing regulatory scrutiny such as anti-tax evasion, anti-corruption/bribery, and the slavery act

Provide Financial Crime risk advice and guidance to the business to make sure financial crime threats and risks are documented alongside a robust control framework

Facilitate and lead financial crime risk review and assurance work to ensure that the systems, controls and processes comply with policy to mitigate any risks

Closely collaborate with the 2nd LoD Financial Crime Policy Team to help translate policies and standards into workable systems, processes and training

Report financial crime risk performance through various first- and second-line governance committees, We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible - in this role you will work hybrid and you'll be in our Holborn office about once per week

Extensive leadership experience in financial services within a financial crime role (1^st or 2^nd LoD), with a good understanding of banking products, processes, risk management frameworks and non-financial risks and supporting controls

Experience business partnering with senior stakeholders to implement and facilitate risk management processes, with an ability to present and influence

Applied Financial Crime experience and knowledge of risk management frameworks and processes including RCSA, IUMs, Thematic Risk Reviews and risk reporting to risk governance committees, with a good understanding of the regulatory environment relating to Financial Crime compliance

Ability to define and assess compliance against risk policy and standards, with experience in planning, leading and facilitating risk assessments and deep dive reviews

Ability to design and operate a fit for purpose risk processes and ongoing improvements that satisfies the requirements of day-to-day risk management and governance

Very strong relationship and stakeholder management skills at a senior level, to provide constructive debate and challenge

Experience communicating risk insight and opinions with colleagues across a business, as well experience in risk reporting, MI & presentations

To understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders

We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!

We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!)