Financial Crime SME Lead (VP)

Role: Financial Crime SME Lead (VP)

Location: London, office based 2-3 days per week, the rest remote

Start: ASAP

Contract Duration: Full time role (Monday to Friday) to the end of 2026 initially (inside IR35)

About the Role

Deloitte Operations are seeking a highly experienced Senior Financial Crime Policy Specialist. This role is pivotal in coordinating regulatory decomposition and drafting policies and standards to ensure robust financial crime controls.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the coordination of regulatory decomposition related to financial crime regulations.
  
• Draft and develop policies and standards to address financial crime risks effectively.
  
• Manage and engage with key stakeholders across multiple functions and jurisdictions to ensure alignment and compliance.
  
• Work independently to conduct analysis and produce high-quality documentation and policy materials.
  
• Contribute operational insights based on experience working within or for a large banking institution.
  
• Support delivery of change programmes, managing tight deadlines and complex requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
  

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Deep Financial Crime knowledge and experience required – responsible for co-ordination of regulatory decomposition and policy/standard drafting.
  
• Stakeholder management – critical as this will be a key part of the role.
  
• Work independently – senior enough to lead but will need to do some of the analysis and drafting themselves.
  
• Experience of working in or for a big bank to bring the operational understanding of financial crime requirements
  
• Experience of working on a big change programme or experience delivering to tight deadlines across multiple jurisdictions.