Financial Crime Officer – 2nd Line

A Financial Crime Officer is required for a very well-established, highly regarded wealth management firm in London, sitting within the 2nd line and reporting into the MLRO.

This is an advisory-focused role within a lean team, where you’ll be expected to operate with a good level of autonomy and act as a key escalation point across the business. The firm has a strong reputation in the market, a stable platform, and a collaborative culture where Compliance has real visibility and influence.

The role centres around handling financial crime escalations, particularly from the front line, covering a mix of transactional, client, and jurisdictional queries.

Typical responsibilities include:

1. Acting as an escalation point for non-standard or higher-risk scenarios (e.g. third-party payments, unusual transaction activity)
2. Responding to advisory queries from the business and providing clear, practical guidance
3. Supporting on sanctions-related queries and screening alerts
4. Investigating alerts across transaction monitoring and screening
5. Alongside this, there is a strong focus on risk assessment work, including understanding how risks are identified and how effective controls are across the business.

This will involve:

1. Assessing threats and control effectiveness
2. Using outputs from monitoring, audit, and the wider business to form a view
3. Contributing to discussions around fraud trends, typologies, and thematic risks

You’ll also have exposure to MI and reporting, but this is not a production-heavy role. Instead, you’ll be:

1. Pulling together MI packs for committees
2. Interpreting data and using it to support decision-making and challenge
3. Gaining visibility with senior stakeholders through your input

The role offers broad exposure across financial crime, including:

1. Financial Crime advisory
2. Sanctions
3. Fraud / tax evasion
4. Anti-Bribery & Corruption
5. The client is looking for someone currently operating in a 2nd line Financial Crime role, with strong experience in escalations and advisory work. You’ll need to be comfortable making decisions, working in grey areas, and engaging confidently with stakeholders across the business.

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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