Morson Edge (Financial Services)
Financial Crime QA Manager
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Financial Crime Quality Assurance Manager
Morson Edge are currently representing a well-established bank on an exciting opportunity for a Financial Crime Quality Assurance Manager to join on a permanent basis and take ownership of building and embedding a first-line assurance capability for the bank. The role would see you taking the reins in managing a team alongside ensuring the bank meets its financial crime obligations.
It would suit an individual who enjoys variety in their role. You would engage with stakeholders across different levels. Candidates who enjoy the pace of a start-up environment would align well, given the visibility of this role as the function grows, strong progression would follow.
This would be a London-based role with 3 days in the office.
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Job Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of a first-line Quality Assurance (QA) framework across key financial crime functions, including client onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and ongoing due diligence.
- Perform independent assessments of case management and decision-making to evaluate control effectiveness, ensure consistency, and confirm adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
- Implement a tiered QA approach, combining real-time reviews for high-risk clients with retrospective sampling for lower-risk activities, to enhance timely feedback and minimize approval delays.
To be considered you would need
- Proven experience managing financial crime controls across high-risk client sectors, including NBFIs, MSBs, FX brokers, and cryptocurrency firms.
- Comprehensive knowledge of financial crime control frameworks (Design and implementation of QA/QC frameworks), including onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and management information (MI) reporting.
- Solid understanding of the three lines of defence model, with proven capability operating effectively within the First Line of Defence (1LOD).
- Skilled in the use of financial crime technology solutions such as ComplyAdvantage, LexisNexis, and Dun & Bradstreet, with experience leveraging data to support risk-based decision-making.
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