Grant Thornton UK
Financial Crime Risk Manager (Insolvency & Restructuring)
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Associate Director – Financial Crime Risk Management
Grant Thornton
About Grant Thornton
At Grant Thornton, we do things differently—focusing on the future, driving growth, and leading positive change in our industry. We provide audit, tax, and advisory services, empowering clients through strategy, curiosity, and genuine partnerships. With over 5,000 employees across the UK and a global presence in 150 markets, we’re evolving from great to exceptional.
We’re a career definer: small enough to move fast but big enough to deliver real impact. Here’s the opportunity to reshape the future of professional services, redefine possibilities, and turn bold ideas into reality.
The Role
NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.
Every day, our teams help businesses and communities achieve the right outcomes.
As the Associate Director of Financial Crime Risk Management in our Insolvency team, you’ll provide chargeable, embedded specialist support directly to live insolvency appointments. As part of our leading Asset Recovery, Restructuring, and Financial Services teams, you’ll:
- Lead first-line financial crime support across engagements, collaborating closely with Insolvency Practitioners (IPs), directors, and case teams to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks.
- Oversee and shape case-level responses for AML (Anti-Money Laundering), sanctions, due diligence, and suspicious activity risks, ensuring IPs can fulfil regulatory obligations without compromising momentum in complex, time-sensitive appointments.
- Be the primary escalation point for complex or sensitive matters, engaging with second-line Financial Crime Compliance where necessary.
We actively support flexible working arrangements, including reduced hours and job shares, to help balance professional and personal life.
Key Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities
- Embedded Financial Crime Specialist: Act as the go-to first-line financial crime specialist on insolvency and restructuring appointments, spotting and resolving AML, sanctions, fraud, and financial crime risks—while ensuring IPs meet their regulatory obligations.
- Independent Decision-Making: Exercise delegated decision-making authority on client due diligence, sanctions, suspicious activity, risk mitigations and screening outcomes, escalating as needed to senior stakeholders or compliance teams.
- Strategic Advisory: Advise insolvency partners, directors, and case teams on financial crime strategy, analysing intelligence and recommending realistic next steps while balancing compliance and commercial delivery.
- Compliance and Governance: Maintain rigorous compliance standards, ensuring audit-ready documentation, record-keeping, and secure data management, especially for sensitive cases.
- Escalation and Coordination: Serve as the central point of contact for financial crime issues, working with engagement teams, solicitors, and compliance teams to prevent breaches, protect the firm’s reputation, and ensure appointments progress safely.
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What We Look For
Essential Criteria (Technical Skills & Experience)
✅ Hands-On Financial Crime Risk Management: Proven experience in AML, sanctions, due diligence, and fraud, ideally within high-risk environments.
✅ Regulatory Expertise:Hold AML and CDD (Customer Due Diligence) qualifications (e.g., NCA-accredited training).
✅ Embedded Decision-Making: Ability to make timely, case-level judgements within delegated authority.
✅ Insolvency & Ethical Confidence: Competent in advising IPs and senior stakeholders on live, high-risk financial crime matters.
✅ Judgement and Documentation: Strong alignment with regulatory expectations, escalation processes, and compliance documentation standards.
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🔹 Experience in Insolvency/Restructuring: Familiarity with advisory engagements, particularly those involving financial crime risks.
🔹 Ambiguous Risk Navigation: Ability to make risk-based decisions in fast-paced, uncertain situations.
🔹 International Sanctions Knowledge: Exposure to complex sanctions regimes, corporate structures, and global risk landscapes.
🔹 Transparent Communication: Capacity to clearly explain risk to non-specialist colleagues and clients.
🔹 Eagerness for Development: Readiness to deepen expertise while working closely with senior stakeholders.
Why Join Us?
Our Culture Is Built for Uniqueness & Empowerment
- Thrives on Variations: Our distinct values pave the way for innovation and meaningful contributions.
- Open & Accessible Leadership: You’ll collaborate with leaders who genuinely connect and value every perspective.
- Authenticity Matters: We encourage bringing your whole self to work—because passions and creativity drive results.
A New Kind of Work Life Balance
Beyond the job, we prioritise freedom and fulfilment—whether it’s flexible working, secondments, charity work, or incubating start-ups. We call it **"doing what’s right, for our people, clients, and communities."
- Charity & Entrepreneurship: Secondment opportunities and partnerships (e.g., societal support, fundraising).
- Ambitious Purpose: Deeply ingrained ethos—“our every step is run on integrity” with values anchored in purpose, curiosity, and candour with kindness.
The Opportunity
You’re aspiring to grow into a strategic financial crime leader within a dynamic firm—one that’s modernizing an industry and rewarding those who ‘go beyond’ expectations to create lasting impact.
Are you ready to set the standard for ethical excellence, challenge the norm, and drive change at scale? If yes, this is your opportunity.
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