Job Description
Financial Crime Assurance Manager - Greater Glasgow
Exciting opportunity for individuals with 2LOD Financial Crime experience or Audit Expertise!
Are you passionate about combatting financial crime and making a difference in the fight against illegal activities like human trafficking, drug trade, and terrorism? This role offers an opportunity to play a pivotal part in ensuring robust oversight and assurance in financial crime risk management.
The Role: Key Responsibilities
* Leading assurance reviews as part of the financial crime assurance plan, delivering clear, timely, and impactful opinions.
* Designing and agreeing review scopes, ensuring delivery against key milestones.
* Collaborating across teams to assess whether financial crime risks are effectively identified, assessed, and managed.
* Producing high-quality, evidence-based reports to provide senior management with actionable insights.
* Identifying issues or areas for improvement and overseeing the execution of management actions to address findings.
* Validating the effectiveness of actions taken to mitigate identified risks.
What You Bring (Essential)
* Strong experience in Assurance, Compliance Monitoring, or Internal Audit, particularly in assessing financial crime risk management within the banking sector.
* Expertise in conducting and leading reviews of financial crime risk management frameworks, systems, and controls.
* Solid financial crime or broader risk management knowledge.
* Outstanding stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and communicate effectively, even with challenging stakeholders.
Desirable Attributes
* Advanced project management and organisational skills, capable of working independently or leading others.
* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to articulate findings and emerging business trends.
* A recognised qualification in Financial Crime, Compliance, or Internal Audit (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent).
This role is perfect for professionals with a 2nd Line of Defence (2LOD) Assurance or Audit background, seeking an opportunity to shape financial crime risk assurance. Bring your expertise to a dynamic environment where your work will have a meaningful impact.
Having only Financial Crime operations or 1LOD experience is not aligned to this particular position