End Date
Wednesday 25 November 2026
Salary Range
£0 - £0
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Head of Economic Crime Prevention Oversight; Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB)
LOCATION(S): London, Leeds, Birmingham or Edinburgh
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites
About this opportunity
As Head of ECP Oversight for Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), and a member of the Group ECP Senior Leadership Team, you will lead second-line oversight of Economic Crime risk across BCB and CIB; reporting directly into the Group Director of ECP (SMF17). The role holder will provide robust, independent oversight and challenge, ensuring risks are understood, effectively handled and appropriately mitigated. Through strategic insight and strong collaborator engagement, you'll influence key business decisions, shape the Group’s response to emerging risks and help ensure a robust, proportionate and fit-for-purpose ECP programme.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead Group ECP second-line oversight of BCB and CIB, ensuring economic crime risks are effectively identified, understood, handled and mitigated.
Provide robust, independent oversight and challenge to senior leaders, Risk and Control Owners and other key partners, ensuring appropriate action on ECP risks and emerging threats.
Influence strategic and business decision-making, bringing deep ECP expertise and a strong understanding of BCB and CIB businesses, customers, products and risks.
Lead and develop the BCB and CIB ECP Oversight team, building strong business relationships and a high-performing second-line function.
Provide expert advice on the Group’s ECP Risk Management Framework, supporting Risk and Control Owners in understanding their responsibilities and embedding strong economic crime risk management.
Support effective second-line governance, providing insightful assessment of the ECP risk profile, policy requirements, risk appetite, control environment and evolving threat landscape.
Ensure appropriate oversight, assurance and testing, using outcomes to identify themes, challenge weaknesses and drive improvements.
Represent Group ECP with senior internal and external collaborators, providing credible challenge and insight.
Play an active role as a member of the ECP Senior Leadership Team, chipping in to the leadership and strategic direction of ECP and helping shape and deliver the Group’s wider economic crime priorities.
Why join us?
If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, constantly evolving business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.
What we’re looking for:
Extensive experience in Economic Crime Prevention risk management and oversight, with a consistent track record of effective, independent challenge to businesses and senior collaborators.
Deep technical expertise across AML, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Fraud, with strong knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, industry best practice and the evolving threat landscape.
Strong understanding of BCB and CIB, including the economic crime risks associated with their customers, products, services and markets.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex risk issues into clear, actionable messages for senior collaborators and governance forums.
The ability to engage, influence and challenge credibly at senior levels, building strong relationships across the lines of defence while maintaining second-line independence and objectivity.
Strong knowledge of banking Risk Management…