Financial Crime Controls SME – Assistant Vice President (Northampton)
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About this role
Role: Financial Crime Controls SME – AVP
Start: ASAP
End date: 11th December 2026
Contract: Inside IR35
Location: Northampton (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)
Overview
This is an opportunity to join a large Tier 1 financial services organisation undergoing ongoing enhancement of its Financial Crime Risk & Controls framework. The engagement sits within a structured controls testing and assurance environment, supporting regulatory expectations across Financial Crime domains.
The successful candidate will operate as a Financial Crime Controls Subject Matter Expert (SME) at AVP level, focusing on controls testing, controls improvement activity, and assurance over Financial Crime-related processes and systems.
The Role
The AVP Financial Crime Controls SME will support control testing activity across Financial Crime risk areas, working within a structured controls environment. The role requires strong attention to detail, analytical capability, and the ability to interrogate documentation, processes, and evidence to ensure controls are operating effectively.
This role is suited to candidates with experience in controls testing within financial services, with exposure to Financial Crime, audit and regulatory remediation.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute controls testing across Financial Crime and wider risk & control environments
- Review and challenge control design and operational effectiveness
- Assess transaction monitoring processes, systems, and outputs to identify control gaps
- Interrogate documentation for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory alignment
- Identify control weaknesses and support remediation and improvement activities
- Work with stakeholders to ensure controls are appropriately tested and evidenced
- Maintain clear audit trails and testing documentation
Required Skills & Experience
- Financial services experience is required
- Experience in Financial Crime risk management within a controls testing environment
- Exposure to transaction monitoring frameworks
- Experience working on regulatory remediation programmes
- Understanding of Financial Crime controls and testing methodologies
- Strong attention to detail with high levels of numeracy
- Strong literacy and comprehension skills, with ability to challenge documentation
- Analytical mindset with the ability to assess systems and processes
- Audit or assurance background (desirable)
What you'll do
- The AVP Financial Crime Controls SME will execute controls testing across Financial Crime risk areas and assess transaction monitoring processes to identify control gaps. They will also maintain clear audit trails and documentation while working with stakeholders to ensure effective control testing.
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