Financial Crime Officer

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Financial Crime Officer

  • Location:

    United Kingdom

  • Contact:

    Junior Garba

  • Contact email:

    junior.garba@equitycity.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    736

  • Published:

    2 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2026-02-26

Financial Crime Officer (Governance & Training)

Specialty Insurance | London | Permanent

About the Company

A well-established specialty insurance business operating within the Lloyd's and  London market, recognised for its technical underwriting capability, strong governance standards and disciplined approach to risk management. The organisation sits within a larger international insurance group, offering long-term financial stability, global reach and exposure to complex, cross-border risks. With continued growth across Europe, the business is investing further in its compliance and financial crime infrastructure, placing strong emphasis on governance, training and sustainable risk frameworks. The culture is collaborative, professional and focused on quality decision-making.

The Role

This is a newly created role within a growing Financial Crime function, offering broad exposure across governance, framework development and regulatory engagement.

The position is well suited to a Financial Crime professional who enjoys working at a framework level — shaping policy, enhancing controls and supporting the business in meeting evolving regulatory expectations across multiple jurisdictions.

The role focuses on embedding and strengthening the Financial Crime Framework across the UK and Europe, with responsibility spanning governance, risk assessments, management information, training and regulatory change activity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting the ongoing development and enhancement of the Financial Crime (and, where relevant, Licensing) governance framework

  • Maintaining, reviewing and updating financial crime policies, procedures and framework documentation

  • Supporting enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessments, including control evaluation, recommendations and remediation tracking

  • Monitoring regulatory developments across UK, EU, US and UN regimes, with a particular focus on sanctions, AML/CTF and fraud

  • Producing financial crime management information and committee reporting to ensure senior management visibility of key risks

  • Managing core financial crime controls, including segregation of duties reviews and Gifts & Entertainment registers

  • Supporting regulatory change impact assessments and implementation activity

  • Delivering and maintaining financial crime training programmes, including bespoke and specialist training where required

  • Supporting wider Financial Crime and Compliance initiatives, including projects, advisory work and broader risk activities

About You

  • Experience in a Financial Crime or Compliance role within the (re)insurance market

  • Strong understanding of financial crime risk frameworks, including UK, EU, US and UN sanctions

  • Experience contributing to or leading financial crime risk assessments

  • Exposure to licensing compliance within insurance is advantageous

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly

  • Comfortable operating in a risk-based, pragmatic environment

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting policies, procedures or guidance documentation

Why This Role?

This is a high-visibility opportunity within a respected specialty insurance platform, offering genuine scope to influence how financial crime governance and training are embedded across a growing international business.