Financial Crime Controls SME – Vice President (Northampton)
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About this role
Role: Financial Crime Controls SME – VP
Start: ASAP
End date: 11th December 2026
Contract: Inside IR35
Location: Northampton (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)
Overview
This engagement supports a Tier 1 financial services organisation strengthening its Financial Crime controls framework and assurance capability. The VP Financial Crime Controls SME will provide senior-level expertise in controls testing, controls management, and Financial Crime risk oversight.
The role requires strong industry knowledge, strategic thinking, and the ability to operate as a senior SME within a complex Financial Crime controls environment.
The Role
The VP Financial Crime Controls SME will lead and oversee controls testing activity, providing expert challenge and guidance across Financial Crime risk areas. The role involves working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure controls are designed, tested, and managed effectively in line with regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee Financial Crime controls testing activity
- Provide SME-level challenge on control design and effectiveness
- Review transaction monitoring frameworks, systems, and processes
- Identify systemic control issues and drive improvement initiatives
- Support regulatory remediation and assurance programmes
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders across risk, compliance, and operations
- Ensure testing methodologies and documentation meet regulatory standards
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive financial services experience is required
- Experience in Financial Crime risk management within a controls testing environment
- Strong background in controls testing and controls management
- Audit leadership or regulatory remediation programme exposure
- Industry knowledge of transaction monitoring and Financial Crime systems
- 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
What you'll do
- The VP Financial Crime Controls SME will lead and oversee controls testing activity, providing expert challenge and guidance across Financial Crime risk areas. The role involves working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure controls are designed, tested, and managed effectively in line with regulatory expectations.
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