Qh4 Consulting
Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) - SMF17 - Wealth Management Management
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Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) | Wealth Management & Platforms
Our client is an established wealth management and platforms business, with additional execution, payments and advisory services operating under a complex FCA licence. They are looking for a seasoned MLRO to take ownership of the financial crime framework and lead it through the next phase of its development.
The opportunity
This is a genuine leadership mandate, not a caretaker role. The business has invested significantly in its financial crime programme over the past year - overhauling first and second line responsibilities, implementing a new sanctions screening system, and delivering much of an ambitious remediation and enhancement roadmap. The incoming MLRO will complete and embed that transformation, provide assurance to the Board, and set the long-term direction of the function.
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- Holding the SMF17 role and acting as the senior point of accountability for financial crime across the business
- Completing and embedding the financial crime transformation roadmap, ensuring the framework is robust, proportionate and regulator-ready
- Building trust and confidence with the Board through credible, straight-talking reporting and advice
- Leading and developing a Deputy MLRO and a small team (2–3 reports), including oversight of an offshoring programme - training, developing and monitoring an offshore team in India
- Building strong relationships across the business and with clients, advising them clearly on what good looks like
- Providing oversight across the full breadth of the licence: wealth platforms (the core of the business), execution services, reporting and payments, advisory, and referral arrangements for supply chain financing
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- A deeply experienced financial crime professional - 15+ years minimum, with prior MLRO/SMF17 experience in an FCA-regulated environment
- Someone at the senior end of their career who wants a meaningful mandate to deliver - this could comfortably be the defining role of your final chapter, and gravitas matters more than polish
- Wealth management experience is ideal but not essential - financial crime fundamentals travel, and the sector can be learnt
- A hands-on leader who delivers: pragmatic, resilient, and comfortable rolling up their sleeves
- Personable and relationship-driven - able to bring stability, develop people, and build credibility internally and externally
If you're an accomplished MLRO looking for a role where you can genuinely shape a programme and leave a legacy, we'd love to hear from you. All conversations will be handled in strict confidence.
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