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.
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