The Role: Head of Fraud & Financial Crime Strategy

The Client: Financial Services Provider

The Location: London

We are working with a fast-growing, customer focused financial services provider who is looking to bring in an exceptional Head of Fraud & Financial Crime Strategy to lead its 1st line fraud and financial crime capability. This is a very high impact role as you will shape the organisations approach to fraud, AML and wider financial crime risk within an increasingly complex and AI-driven landscape.

You will be defining and delivering the firms Fraud and Financial Crime strategy, ensuring controls are robust, scalable and aligned to emerging threats. You will be working closely with the MLRO, Deputy MLRO and senior stakeholders to build and evolve a modern, intelligence-led operating model to protect customers and the business. You will sit at the intersection of advanced analytics, and this role is ideal for a hands-on leader who can operate strategically while diving deep into complex issues.

The successful candidate:

• Fantastic Fraud and Financial Crime experience within the UK across new and existing customers in cards or loans
• Great analytics understanding - specifically SQL or Python
• Managerial experience would be ideal (doesn't need to be significant but will help)
• Experience using AI within the Fraud and Financial Crime world
• Ideally SMCR qualified

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