Financial Crime Controls and Advisory Specialist

Overview

As a Financial Crime Controls & Advisory Specialist, you will act as a trusted expert partnering with stakeholders to strengthen Vanguard’s financial crime framework and manage risk within the company’s appetite and regulatory obligations. You will provide guidance on AML, sanctions, ABC, and related threats, while supporting risk assessments, control design, and governance improvements. This role spans risk management, controls, and advisory work to evolve Vanguard’s financial crime program in a global investment management context. You will work across cross-functional teams to challenge proposals and embed robust controls with a clear impact on risk posture. This is a hands-on opportunity

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise on AML, sanctions, ABC, tax evasion facilitation, and CTF risks.
• Assess financial crime implications of new products, services, and initiatives.
• Advise on regulatory changes and emerging threats in financial crime.
• Support BWRA and other risk assessments ensuring risks are identified, documented, and mitigated.
• Participate in project working groups, offering advisory support to design and embed controls; challenge proposals increasing risk.
• Support RCSA design, testing, and enhancements by identifying gaps and opportunities.
• Govern governance and enhancement of financial crime procedures aligning to regs, risk appetite, and standards.
• Assist investigations of financial crime incidents and ensure root cause analysis and remediation tracking.
• Support reporting to senior management and governance forums on key risks, issues, and remediation.
• Promote a strong financial crime risk culture through collaboration, challenge, and stakeholder engagement.

Key requirements

• Strong AML, sanctions and CDD/EDD knowledge
• In-depth understanding of UK financial crime regulatory requirements (MLRs, JMLSG, OFSI, FCA expectations)
• Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and designing/enhancing controls
• Experience reviewing control design and effectiveness and driving improvements
• Understanding of financial crime typologies, threats, and best practices
• Experience supporting policy and procedure development
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with attention to detail
• Ability to balance commercial objectives with risk management
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

• stakeholder management
• influencing and persuasive communication
• collaboration
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• Sanctions
• CDD/EDD

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