Financial Crime, Risk & Reg Technology - Senior Manager

Financial Crime, Risk & Reg Technology - Senior Manager

London, United Kingdom

We set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm - creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start ups, in every sector. You'll find us collaborating shoulder to shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick - slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges. We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Finance, Risk & Compliance practice are looking for an experienced Financial Crime Senior Manager to join the team.

Baringa is committed to reducing financial crime and the negative consequences it has on society. Our business seeks to bring insight and perspective and have lasting impact for our clients, the environment, and on the communities where we live and work. We help our clients to better understand how financial crime can be carried out through their organisations and to put in place targeted controls, enabling them to manage this risk efficiently.

What you will be doing

• Assessing and benchmarking the effectiveness of firms' Financial Crime controls against regulation, legislation, and industry best practices.
• Designing, implementing and/or optimising Financial Crime technology solutions such as client lifecycle management and KYC capture, transaction monitoring, customer screening and payment screening.
• Delivering data quality assessments, data transformation/data integration (ETL) and data visualisation.
• Experience working with and demonstrable knowledge of vendor products commonly used to combat Financial Crime.
• Designing and implementing a range of key Financial Crime controls, translating regulatory requirements into business and functional requirements that describe the system, data, process, and control changes required to achieve compliance.
• Leading the planning and delivery of Financial Crime change programmes and projects.
• As a key part of our leadership team, you will help shape and drive a breadth of exciting and transformational financial crime work across our client base. We are a fast growing team and as a result, you will find opportunity to shape our consulting solutions and our go to market propositions and help build our FinCrime brand through:
• Developing our Financial Crime propositions in line with industry trends and client demand.
• Raising visibility of our Financial Crime capability, both internally and externally.
• Supporting the development of innovative Financial Crime thought leadership.
• Playing a lead role in business development activities by identifying new business opportunities, responding to requests for proposals, and proactively networking.

Your skills and experience

• Excellent relationship building and communication skills, thriving in a team environment.
• Experience working with SQL, Python, VBA, or other programming languages is desired.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and testing a broad range of Financial Crime controls.
• Knowledge and understanding of the current Financial Crime legal and regulatory landscape and key regulatory initiatives.
• The ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging client facing environments.

What a career at Baringa will give you Putting People First. Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5 Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the 'ideal' work life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We've introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company's success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is to give back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply.

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Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice, to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at