Lead the Fight Against Financial Crime - WANTED: Head of Financial Crime Prevention
We have an exciting new role at Capita where you'll be responsible for Capita's Financial Crime (FC) activity, conducted through the leadership and management of Financial Crime guidance and prevention.
As the Head of Financial Crime Prevention, you'll be the driving force of financial crime activities, the purpose of the role is to maximise FC prevention success and outcomes, minimise risk and liability and effectively facilitate management decision-making. You will be managing the Financial Crime Prevention team.
The role is home based, with occasional travel for team meetings.
Interested candidates need to have relevant and demonstrable experience in the following:
- An excellent understanding of relevant financial crime legislation and its application including, but not limited to ML Regulations, Criminal Finances Act, the Fraud Act, Bribery Act, Sanctions
- Experience in writing policy, sanctions screening solutions, driving behaviours across senior leaders and the business
- Team management
Interested, please read further below. Key Responsibilities:
- Managing, maintaining and overseeing effective Financial Crime guidance and prevention processes across Capita and its jurisdictions.
- Managing regulatory relationships and communications and oversees regulatory reporting.
- Working closely with the Directors, function leads, internal audit and control teams to proactively identify and address financial crime risks in the company, owning the Financial Crime Risk Assessment processes across the company.
- Undertaking/managing projects, including global risk projects and lead management of significant financial crime/risk and compliance issues where required
- Developing and providing training to staff in relation to Financial Crime risks within the business.
- Managing, maintaining and overseeing effective Financial Crime support and oversight to acquisitions, bids, disposals and assist the business through advice on mitigating actions.
- Managing the Financial Crime Prevention team, providing line management through coaching, and day to day guidance to deliver the objectives of the company and team.
- Providing strategic advice and challenge at Executive and senior management level to promote the embedding of effective Financial Crime governance and adherence to policies.
- Developing Capita's Financial Crime policy, bringing expertise to interpret regulations and requirements from across Capita's jurisdictions to set the standard in ABC, Sanctions, Prevention of Tax Evasion, Money Laundering, and Fraud.
Requirements:
- Education to degree level desirable, or by experience. Postgraduate and/or industry financial crime qualifications are desirable
- An excellent understanding of relevant financial crime legislation and its application (including, but not limited to ML Regulations, Criminal Finances Act, the Fraud Act, Bribery Act)
- Experience in developing financial crime policy and procedures and a detailed knowledge of the general tools and techniques of financial crime management
- General risk management knowledge and experience - knowledge of and experience with using fundamental risk management concepts and methodologies
- A knowledge of the key business functions (e.g. operations, sales, marketing, finance, corporate governance) and an understanding of the key financial crime risks and controls in these areas
- Team management
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary and bonus
- 23 days' holiday with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
- voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- the opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
- access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
What we hope you'll do next:
Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We're an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we'll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
