• Leading the second-line Risk and Financial Crime frameworks, setting standards and providing independent oversight and challenge while reinforcing clear first-line ownership of risk and controls.
• Providing independent oversight and constructive challenge across material risks, controls, financial crime activity and business decisions.
• Advising the Chief Risk Officer, Executive Committee and Boards through clear, forward-looking risk reporting and insight.
• Overseeing financial crime arrangements, including AML, sanctions, fraud, bribery and corruption, customer due diligence and monitoring.
• Ensuring emerging risks, incidents and control weaknesses are identified, escalated and addressed through effective, sustainable remediation.
• Providing second-line oversight of strategic transformation, major change programmes and third-party or outsourcing risks.
• Acting as a credible deputy to the Chief Risk Officer at Executive, Board and senior governance forums, bringing an enterprise-wide perspective and sound judgement to complex business decisions.
• Leading and developing a high-performing Risk and Financial Crime team, building capability, accountability and effective succession.
• Strengthening risk culture across the business and promoting informed, commercially balanced and client-focused decision-making.
• Simplifying and enhancing risk governance and reporting through effective use of data, technology, automation and AI.

What you’ll bring…

You’ll be an experienced risk and/or financial crime leader who thrives on making a real difference in a complex, regulated environment. Bringing sound judgement, commercial awareness and an independent perspective, you’ll build trusted relationships, influence at the highest levels and help the business make confident, well-informed decisions.

• A strong track record in senior risk and/or financial crime leadership within wealth management, financial advice or a similarly regulated financial services business.
• Broad expertise across enterprise risk, operational risk, controls, assurance and financial crime frameworks.
• A strong understanding of FCA expectations, including Consumer Duty, SM&CR, operational resilience and financial crime requirements.
• The credibility and confidence to advise and constructively challenge Executive teams, Boards and senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading and developing specialist teams, creating an environment where people can grow, take ownership and perform at their best.
• A collaborative, commercially minded approach, underpinned by integrity, sound judgement and a clear focus on good client outcomes.
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