Senior Financial Crime Manager/Deputy MLRO | Manchester, UK | Hybrid

AJ Bell; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Financial Crime Manager/Deputy MLRO

AJ Bell Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted: 2 days ago
Job Type: Hybrid Job Permanent Competitive

Are you a financial crime specialist ready to take the next step in your career?

We're looking for a Senior Financial Crime Risk Manager / Deputy MLRO to help shape and strengthen the financial crime framework across our investment platform and asset management business. This is a high-impact role offering the chance to lead on strategy, oversight, and regulatory engagement in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Role accountabilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the financial crime risk management framework.
• Conduct and review risk assessments, ensuring appropriate controls are in place.
• Monitor financial crime risks and report key findings to senior stakeholders.
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes and ensure continued compliance.
• Draft, review, and update financial crime policies and procedures.
• Provide training and expert guidance across the business.
• Offer challenge and oversight to first-line teams on financial crime practices.
• Lead independent reviews and assessments to ensure control effectiveness.
• Identify gaps and recommend enhancements to mitigate risk.
• Serve as the go-to contact for financial crime matters within Risk & Compliance.
• Liaise with regulators, law enforcement, and internal stakeholders as needed.
• Foster collaboration with business units to embed a strong risk culture.
• Use deep knowledge of financial crime (AML, market abuse, fraud, bribery, etc.) to identify risks.
• Conduct thematic reviews and manage system optimisation and tuning for crime detection tools.
• Produce and present insightful reports, dashboards, and MI to senior management and committees.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial crime-related regulatory reporting.
• Align with Internal Audit and Compliance to support a joined-up approach to risk management.

What we're looking for:

• Extensive experience in financial crime risk management, ideally within an investment platform or similar FS environment.
• Strong knowledge of financial crime legislation, regulatory frameworks, and industry best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing, and communication skills.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., ICA Diploma in Financial Crime Prevention, CAMS).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure and juggle priorities.
• Integrity, discretion, and a commitment to high ethical standards.

About us

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 561,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £89.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,450 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For' for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work.

Our perks and benefits

• Competitive starting salary
• Starting holiday entitlement of 27 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 8%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan - provided by SimplyHealth
• Private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership, with an on-site gym providing a wide range of free classes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Parking at Exchange Quay (subject to availability)
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent development programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches

Hybrid working

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you'll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.