Financial Crime Team Leader

Job description

Job Description We’re hiring a Financial Crime Team Leader to play a key role within our Financial Crime function, bringing together strong people leadership, sound oversight, and a commitment to delivering consistent, high-quality outcomes in a regulated environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a visible leadership role at AJ Bell. Purpose of the role: The Financial Crime Team Leader is responsible for leading and overseeing a team of Financial Crime Analysts to ensure the effective delivery of business-as-usual (BAU) financial crime activity. The role combines hands-on oversight of financial crime controls with people leadership responsibilities, including performance management, training and competence (T&C) activities, and ongoing development of team members. The Team Leader plays a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining high-quality outcomes, and supporting the Senior Financial Crime Manager in protecting the firm and its clients from financial crime risk. What does the job involve?: - Lead, coordinate, and oversee the team’s BAU activities, including responding to queries from the wider business, alert handling in relation to sanctions and PE...