Programme Director - Financial Crime Transformation
Posted 2 weeks ago by Page Executive
£150,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Undetermined
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Programme Director - Financial Crime Transformation will lead a significant transformation initiative within a large organization, focusing on financial crime compliance and governance. This role requires extensive experience in managing large-scale transformation programs and a strong understanding of financial crime regulations. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with senior leadership to implement a multi-year Financial Crime Target Operating Model. The position offers an opportunity to drive change and innovation in the banking and financial services sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee the end-to-end delivery of financial crime transformation programmes.
- Partner closely with the Chief Risk Officer to shape and oversee the delivery of a multi-year Financial Crime Target Operating Model (TOM).
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards in banking and financial services.
- Coordinate multiple change and remediation workstreams across Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Fraud, and Customer Due Diligence.
- Drive the design and implementation of risk-based controls and enhanced due diligence activities.
- Establish and operate effective programme governance structures.
- Produce clear and concise management information and progress reporting for senior leadership.
- Manage programme budgets, resources, and capacity planning.
- Procure and oversee third-party advisers and delivery partners.
- Drive business ownership and adoption of new processes and controls through stakeholder engagement.
- Support the CRO and Head of Legal in regulatory engagement and strategic decision-making.
- Develop and implement frameworks for identifying and mitigating financial crime risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organisational objectives.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to key stakeholders.
- Identify and manage risks, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation within the financial crime transformation space.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in managing large-scale transformation programmes within regulated environments.
- Strong technical expertise across AML, Sanctions, Fraud, and Customer Due Diligence.
- Experience designing and implementing Target Operating Models and control frameworks.
- Proven track record of leading large, multi-disciplinary programmes.
- Experience operating at executive and Board level.
- Strong programme governance capability, including MI, reporting, and delivery assurance mechanisms.
- Commercial acumen with experience managing significant budgets and third-party suppliers.
- Excellent communication and change leadership skills.
- Professional qualifications or certifications in financial crime, risk, compliance, or programme management are advantageous.
Salary (Rate): £150,000 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
An opportunity to join to lead a major Financial Crime transformation. Strong Financial Crime knowledge and experience leading Programme Transformation
About Our Client
This opportunity is with a large organisation, known for its robust presence and expertise in delivering sophisticated solutions. The company is committed to excellence and strives to maintain the highest standards in the banking and financial services sector.
Job Description
Programme Director - Financial Crime Transformation responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee the end-to-end delivery of financial crime transformation programmes
- Partnering closely with the Chief Risk Officer to shape and oversee the delivery of a multi-year Financial Crime Target Operating Model (TOM), covering governance, policy, systems, data, people and culture..
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards in banking and financial services.
- Leading, overseeing and coordinating multiple change and remediation workstreams across Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Fraud and Customer Due Diligence, ensuring dependencies and risks are effectively managed.
- Driving the design and implementation of proportionate, risk-based controls, including enhanced due diligence activity across defined customer cohorts, to support sustainable regulatory compliance.
- Establishing and operating effective programme governance, including steerco structures, decision forums, RAID management, escalation pathways and quality assurance.
- Producing clear and concise, insightful management information and progress reporting for senior leadership, risk committees and the Board, supported by defined milestones, KPIs and outcomes.
- Managing programme budgets, resources and capacity planning, ensuring effective prioritisation, cost control and value for money.
- Procuring and overseeing third-party advisers and delivery partners to ensure high-quality and timely outputs.
- Driving business ownership and adoption of new processes and controls through stakeholder engagement, communications, operating procedures and targeted training.
- Supporting the CRO and Head of Legal in regulatory engagement, supervisory interactions and strategic decision-making related to financial crime risk.
- Develop and implement robust frameworks for identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial crime risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organisational objectives.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to key stakeholders.
- Identify and manage risks, ensuring timely resolution of issues to keep the programme on track.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation within the financial crime transformation space.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The Successful Applicant
A successful Programme Director - Financial Crime Transformation should have:
- Extensive experience in managing large-scale transformation programmes within regulated or risk-exposed environments.
- Strong technical expertise across AML, Sanctions, Fraud and Customer Due Diligence, including a clear understanding of UK and international regulatory expectations.
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing and embedding Target Operating Models and sustainable control frameworks.
- Proven track record of leading large, multi-disciplinary programmes with multiple workstreams, competing priorities and senior stakeholder groups.
- Experience operating at executive and Board level, with the credibility to challenge, influence and advise senior leaders.
- Strong programme governance capability, including the design of MI, reporting, KPIs and delivery assurance mechanisms.
- Commercial acumen, with experience managing significant budgets, resource models and third-party suppliers.
- Excellent communication and change leadership skills, with the ability to drive cultural change and business adoption.
- Professional qualifications or certifications in financial crime, risk, compliance or programme management would be advantageous.
What's on Offer
Competitive salary ranging from £135,000 to £150,000 basic on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract basis.
Opportunity to work on a high-impact financial crime transformation programme.
Collaborate with experienced professionals in the banking and financial services sector.
If you are ready to make a significant impact and contribute to a high-profile initiative, we encourage you to apply.
Contact: Quote job ref: JN-042026-6995118