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About the Role

This role provides expert 2LoD Financial Crime oversight and advisory support across the Group Financial Crime Framework, with a focus on Corporate Functions. It ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and alignment with the M&G Policy and Governance Framework, acting as a senior adviser and escalation point for financial crime risks, regulatory obligations, and policies.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary Financial Crime adviser to Corporate Functions, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and providing advice, guidance and challenge on the interpretation and practical application of Group and UK Financial Crime requirements.
• Support Corporate Functions in identifying, assessing and managing financial crime risks, providing appropriate challenge and oversight to ensure risks are understood, mitigated and managed within appetite.
• Provide Financial Crime advisory support and challenge to Corporate Functions initiatives, projects and transformation activities, ensuring financial crime risks are identified and addressed appropriately throughout the change lifecycle.
• Provide technical advice, guidance and effective second-line challenge to Corporate Functions on financial crime risks, regulatory requirements, policies, standards and control frameworks.
• Review and challenge papers, proposals, risk assessments and governance submissions originating from Corporate Functions where there are financial crime considerations.
• Support the owners of the Group and UK Financial Crime Policy and Standards Frameworks in the maintenance, review and enhancement of financial crime policies, standards, minimum requirements, guidance and supporting documentation, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and the M&G Policy and Governance Framework.
• Support the identification, assessment and interpretation of UK and international financial crime regulatory developments impacting the Group.
• Review and provide advice, challenge and recommendations on requests for exemptions, waivers and dispensations relating to Financial Crime Policies, Standards and Minimum Requirements.
• Support the Team Lead in the prioritisation, coordination and delivery of Group Financial Crime Function priorities and key initiatives, providing senior technical expertise, stakeholder engagement and governance support across the team's areas of responsibility.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the Team Lead, providing technical expertise, strategic input and support in delivering the Group Financial Crime Function's objectives.
• Act as a Group subject matter expert for AML, CTF, ABC, TEF, sanctions, fraud and broader financial crime risk management matters.
• Support the Team Lead in the execution of strategic, governance and oversight responsibilities across the Group Financial Crime Function.
• Support the maintenance, ongoing development and enhancement of the Financial Crime Policy Framework, Financial Crime Training Framework and Financial Crime Risk Appetite, Data and MI Frameworks.
• Reviewing, challenging and providing subject matter input to changes in financial crime risk and control models to ensure ongoing effectiveness and alignment with risk appetite and regulatory expectations.
• Providing senior technical guidance and subject matter expertise across the Group Financial Crime Function, acting as an escalation point for complex financial crime matters and promoting consistent application of financial crime requirements.
• Building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with Group Risk, Compliance and Corporate Functions.
• Supporting, coaching and mentoring colleagues across the Group Financial Crime Function, promoting knowledge sharing and consistent application of financial crime requirements.

Requirements

• Significant financial crime experience, with a strong understanding of financial crime risks, control frameworks and regulatory expectations within the asset management and/or insurance sectors.
• Proven experience operating within a Group Financial Crime, Compliance or Risk function, including governance, policy implementation, risk oversight and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong experience supporting the design, implementation and embedding of financial crime frameworks, including policies, standards, governance arrangements, training programmes, escalation processes and management information (KPIs, KRIs, data and analytics).
• Demonstrable experience in developing, maintaining or enhancing financial crime risk and control frameworks and associated methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating complex programmes of work, managing competing priorities and supporting the delivery of key initiatives within a Risk, Compliance or Financial Crime environment.
• Experience providing leadership, coaching and oversight within a specialist function, including supporting senior management in the delivery of team objectives and priorities.
• Extensive subject matter expertise across AML, CTF, ABC, TEF, sanctions, fraud prevention and wider financial crime regulatory requirements and industry expectations.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders in Corporate Functions, providing credible advice, challenge and influence on risk, regulatory and control-related matters.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience engaging effectively across Compliance, Risk, Operations, Technology, Corporate Functions and business stakeholders.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes across Corporate Functions while maintaining effective independent oversight and challenge.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex regulatory and risk matters clearly and concisely to senior management, committees and Boards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and judgement capabilities, with the ability to assess complex financial crime risks and provide practical, risk-based recommendations and solutions.
• Experience coaching and developing colleagues within a risk, compliance or financial crime environment.
• The ability to operate effectively in a complex organisation, balancing strategic priorities with detailed technical and regulatory considerations.

Skills

• Financial Crime
• AML
• CTF
• ABC
• TEF
• Sanctions
• Fraud Prevention
• Risk Management
• Policy Implementation
• Governance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Regulatory Compliance
• Communication
• Presentation
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Coaching
• Mentoring

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Flexible working arrangements

Experience Level

• Manager/Expert

Benefits

• Pension scheme of up to 18%
• Share Save and Share Incentive Plan
• Financial wellbeing and support services
• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Opportunity to purchase up to five extra days of leave
• Time Off When You Need It policy
• Inspiring Families policy (comprehensive support and paid parental leave)
• Private Healthcare
• Critical Illness cover
• Life Assurance
• Additional family options for Health & Protection cover

About the Company

• At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work.
• With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
• Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
• Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Equal Opportunity

• We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.
• At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent.
• We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.
• M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
• We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process.
• All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying.
• If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: careers@mandg.com