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About the Role

This position plays a key role as a generalist member of Crown Agents Bank’s second-line Financial Crime Compliance team, supporting the delivery of an effective, well-governed and business-facing FCC framework. The role will contribute across FCC governance, advisory activity, risk oversight, management information, policy standards, international office support and wider team priorities.

Responsibilities

Support the coordination and continuous improvement of FCC governance forums, including agenda planning, paper preparation, action tracking and escalation of material matters.
Develop, manage and present FCC management information tailored for senior stakeholders, including the MLRO, committees and other relevant governance forums.
Provide generalist FCC advisory support to first-line teams on AML, sanctions, counter-terrorist financing, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, client risk, products, payments and higher-risk jurisdictions.
Provide flexible generalist support to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and wider FCC team, assisting with information collation, governance inputs, escalation tracking and coordination.
Provide generalist second-line FCC support across CAB’s international offices, ensuring local activity aligns with Group standards, risk appetite, governance expectations and applicable regulatory requirements.
Support the review and challenge of client risk assessments, enhanced due diligence, periodic reviews, correspondent banking assessments and higher-risk relationship proposals.
Assist with the development, maintenance and implementation of FCC policies, procedures, standards, guidance notes, templates and advisory frameworks.
Track financial crime issues, actions, risk acceptances, control enhancements and remediation activity, ensuring clear ownership, timely updates and appropriate escalation.
Identify themes, trends, emerging risks and control gaps from various sources including advisory queries, governance outputs, international office activity, issues, incidents, assurance findings and regulatory developments.
Support regulatory, audit and assurance activity by providing evidence, drafting responses, coordinating inputs and maintaining clear records of decisions and rationale.
Promote consistent FCC standards by providing practical guidance, coaching and quality review support to colleagues and business stakeholders.
Build effective relationships with first-line teams, operations, commercial stakeholders, international office colleagues and senior colleagues.
Support the wider FCC team in delivering governance, advisory, policy, risk assessment, remediation, MI, FIU coordination and control enhancement initiatives.
Ensure key decisions, advice, approvals, escalations and governance outcomes are clearly documented and capable of audit, assurance or regulatory review.

Requirements

Minimum 3 to 5 years’ experience in an AML, sanctions, financial crime, compliance, governance, advisory, FIU support or related risk management role, preferably within banking or regulated financial services.
Strong practical knowledge of UK financial crime requirements, including the Money Laundering Regulations, Proceeds of Crime Act, Terrorism Act, sanctions obligations and relevant JMLSG guidance.
Experience preparing or supporting governance papers, management information, risk updates, committee materials, policy documents, FIU-related inputs or regulatory/audit responses.
Experience providing financial crime advisory input on client risk, enhanced due diligence, correspondent banking, payments, products, higher-risk jurisdictions or complex client relationships.
Experience supporting international offices, branches, subsidiaries or cross-border business activity from a second-line financial crime, compliance or risk perspective is desirable.
Good understanding of banking products, payments, SWIFT or ISO 20022 messaging, transaction monitoring, screening controls and financial crime control frameworks.
Experience tracking issues, actions, risk acceptances, control enhancements or remediation activity is desirable.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to explain complex FCC matters clearly and concisely
Ability to produce high-quality committee papers, governance updates, advisory notes, risk summaries and management information
Sound judgement and ability to make or recommend proportionate, risk-based and well-documented decisions
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail
Ability to identify themes, risks, issues and control implications from multiple sources of information
Ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate inputs, track actions and deliver governance or advisory outputs to deadline
Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and providing constructive challenge
Ability to operate across jurisdictions and provide generalist second-line support
Proactive team-focused mindset
Focus on continuous improvement, control enhancement, knowledge sharing, practical problem-solving and supporting wider FCC priorities

Location

Work Type

Hybrid working (3 days on-site)

Experience Level

3 to 5 years

Education Level

Relevant professional qualification, or working towards one, is desirable, such as ICA, ACAMS, sanctions, compliance, risk or equivalent financial crime certification.

Benefits

Contributory personal pension plan
Life Assurance – 4 times annual salary
Group Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Discretionary Bonus
Competitive Annual Leave
2 Volunteering Days
Benefit Hub

About the Company

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology.
We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it.
Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque. Our solutions help fix these pain points.
Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement.
Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets.