Senior Financial Crime & Payments Manager

Location: Hybrid (North West)

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Financial Crime & Payments Manager to lead and develop their financial crime and payments functions. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring robust financial crime controls while driving operational excellence across payment services in a fast-paced financial services environment.

This opportunity would suit someone with a strong background in financial crime, fraud prevention, AML and payments who enjoys balancing regulatory compliance with operational performance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the Financial Crime and Payments teams, providing strategic direction and day-to-day leadership.
Oversee AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud prevention and transaction monitoring frameworks.
Ensure payment operations are delivered efficiently, accurately and in line with regulatory requirements.
Drive improvements to financial crime controls, processes and technology.
Act as the senior escalation point for complex financial crime and payment-related issues.
Build and maintain strong relationships with regulators, banking partners and key internal stakeholders.
Ensure compliance with FCA requirements, anti-money laundering legislation and wider regulatory obligations.
Produce MI, risk reporting and performance metrics for senior leadership.
Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Support change initiatives, system implementations and regulatory projects across the business.

Skills & Experience

Significant experience within financial services in a senior Financial Crime, Payments or Operations leadership role.
Strong knowledge of AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud prevention and financial crime regulations.
Extensive understanding of UK payment schemes and payment operations.
Proven experience leading and developing operational teams.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Experience driving process improvement and operational efficiencies.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Knowledge of FCA regulatory requirements and industry best practice.

What's on Offer

Hybrid working
Opportunity to shape and lead two critical business functions
A collaborative and forward-thinking working environment
Genuine opportunity to influence strategy and business growth

If you're an experienced leader with expertise across both Financial Crime and Payments, we'd love to hear from you.