Compliance & Financial Crime Manager

November 6, 2025

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Meraki Talent are currently working with a leading overseas bank to help them identify a Compliance Manager.

The Bank has a diverse product line including Wholesale, Private Banking, Institutional and Wealth Management.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Crime & MLRO the team is responsible for managing the compliance framework across the UK business. This includes providing ongoing guidance and advice to staff on compliance matters, product reviews and customers, together with ensuring any new UK regulations are implemented across the UK business.

The team is also responsible for the overall Financial Crime Compliance Programme of the London Branch, setting policy and strategy in line with Group policy and UK Regulatory requirements to mitigate AML risk and providing advice, training, and reporting.

This includes AML Compliance assessments of the UK customer base, products and services, as well as oversight of the due diligence (CDD) and Customer Screening Systems framework.

Along with this they are also responsible for managing the UK Compliance Monitoring programme and Financial Crime Monitoring Programme.

Some of your duties will include:

Act as the Deputy Head of Financial Crime
Planning and execution of Financial Crime Monitoring Plan and presentation to Exco.
Assist with the drafting, embedding, and managing of FC policies (incl. AML / CTF / PF, Bribery and Corruption (B&C), etc.)
CDD Standards and processes (updates, MI, presentations to the MLRO / EXCO). This includes but is not limited to: Customer Risk Assessment (CRA), Branch wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment (FCRA), Sanctions Compliance, Payments and Customer Screening, Transaction Monitoring arrangements / controls, etc

We are looking for:

Previous banking experience ideally across different product areas
Previous financial crime experience
Good knowledge of the regulatory compliance landscape
Excellent communication and stakeholder skills
Desired Financial Crime qualification (i.e. Certificate in Financial Crime Prevention, Anti Money Laundering or Sanctions)

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