Job Description
Financial Crime Assurance Manager
Location: Milton Keynes or Glasgow
Salary: 74,000 + 6,000 car allowance + up to 12.5% pension contribution
Permanent, Hybrid 3 days/week (12 office days/month flexi)
Are you an experienced Financial Crime Assurance professional ready to lead impactful reviews and shape the future of financial crime risk management for a large retail bank? Lorien is proud to be recruiting on behalf of a major UK banking group for two Financial Crime Assurance Managers to join a high-performing second-line defense team.
About the Role
You’ll play a key role in delivering the Financial Crime Assurance agenda, leading end-to-end reviews across a wide range of financial crime areas (excluding fraud). You’ll assess the design and effectiveness of controls, validate issue remediation, and provide clear, evidence-based insights to senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and deliver assurance reviews from planning through to reporting.
Evaluate financial crime controls across AML, Sanctions, ABC, CTF, and FoTE.
Design bespoke test scripts based on risk and control understanding.
Validate issue remediation and provide assurance on closure.
Produce high-quality reports and present findings to senior stakeholders (Director level and above).
Provide leadership and guidance to a team of consultants (no direct line management).
What We’re Looking For
3-5 years’ experience in a Financial Crime Assurance, Monitoring, or Internal Audit role.
Strong understanding of financial crime risks, controls, and UK regulations (e.g. MLR, POCA, JMLSG, FCA Handbook).
Experience designing and executing risk-based test scripts.
Proven ability to lead reviews independently and manage stakeholder relationships.
Experience with issue validations is essential.
Ideally holds or is working towards ICA or ACAMS qualifications (support available to achieve this if don’t already hold).
Desirable
Exposure to sanctions is a plus.
Background in banking or financial services preferred.
Experience mentoring or guiding junior team members.
Why Join?
Work in a team known for internal progression and development.
Access to an internal Economic Crime Academy with ICA-endorsed training.
Support to gain professional qualifications (e.g. ICA, ACAMS).
Competitive benefits including:
6,000 car allowance
Up to 12.5% pension contribution
30 days’ holiday + bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Bonus potential
Interview Process
Informal 30-minute coffee chat
Competency interview with a short task (1.5 hours)
Final informal coffee chat
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
