Financial Crime Strategy Manager

Zopa Bank
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving"]

Senior Financial Crime Strategy Manager responsible for shaping and evolving the bank's financial crime framework. Leads strategic initiatives across transaction monitoring, KYC/CDD, screening, and SARs, partnering with Product, Engineering, Data and Operations to embed robust controls, influence senior stakeholders, and balance risk with customer outcomes and growth.

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Zopa Bank
Zopa Bank
3 months ago

Financial Crime Strategy Manager

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Job Summary

Senior Financial Crime Strategy Manager responsible for shaping and evolving the bank's financial crime framework. Leads strategic initiatives across transaction monitoring, KYC/CDD, screening, and SARs, partnering with Product, Engineering, Data and Operations to embed robust controls, influence senior stakeholders, and balance risk with customer outcomes and growth.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deputise for the Head of Financial Crime across leadership, product and governance forums.
  • •Lead major financial crime initiatives from concept to delivery, including transaction monitoring, screening, customer risk assessment and control optimisation.
  • •Act as a senior decision-maker for complex financial crime matters within delegated authority.
  • •Design and enhance financial crime controls across KYC, screening, monitoring, SARs and customer risk assessment.
  • •Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to embed effective controls into new products and customer journeys.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience leading financial crime strategy, controls or operations within banking, fintech, payments or a regulated financial services environment.
  • •Strong expertise across key financial crime disciplines, including transaction monitoring, KYC/CDD, screening, customer risk assessment and SARs.
  • •Experience operating as a senior decision-maker and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
  • •A product-minded approach, with the ability to balance risk management, customer outcomes and commercial objectives.
  • •Strong understanding of the UK financial crime regulatory landscape.
Experience:Financial crimeBankingFintechRegulated financial services
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipStakeholder managementProblem-solving

Company Brief

Zopa Bank
Zopa is a UK-based digital bank and fintech offering savings, personal loans, and credit products. Founded as a peer-to-peer lender, it now operates a regulated retail bank focused on straightforward consumer financial services and competitive rates.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2005
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