Join us as a Financial Crime Lead
In this high-profile role, you’ll lead a team within Economic Crime Risk Management, providing independent data‑led oversight and insight into the bank’s financial crime risks and the effectiveness of its control environment
You’ll lead the adoption and effective use of data and AI as key enablers to enhance Financial Crime Risk oversight and decision-making across Non‑Financial Risk, embedding scalable, consistent and decision‑focused insight to support proactive risk management and executive outcomes
We’ll look to you to lead a number of core deliverables, including executive risk reporting and briefings, as well as the bank’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) Report
This is a hybrid role, with at least two days a week in the office
As a Financial Crime Lead, you’ll set direction for the continued shift to data‑led oversight across financial crime, driving the evolution of ‘always‑on’ insights to support more timely, forward‑looking risk management. This includes accelerating the adoption and practical application of data and AI to improve how risks are identified, monitored, and acted on within decision-making.
Alongside this, you’ll lead the production of bank-level executive reporting, briefings, and risk opinions, ensuring senior management and the Board receive clear, decision-ready views of financial crime risk, control effectiveness, alignment to risk appetite and emerging priorities.
You’ll also build strong relationships across Risk and the wider business, providing independent insight, credible challenge and clear financial crime risk judgement to senior leadership while leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing team with increasing capability in data-led oversight.
Additionally, you’ll be:
Leading the delivery of the annual bank MLRO Report, supporting MLRO accountabilities and regulatory engagement and overseeing the ongoing evolution of the Enterprise‑Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment methodology, using outputs to shape strategic priorities and control environment enhancements
Delivering high‑quality executive updates, briefings, and risk opinions to support Board and regulatory engagement
Driving improvements in financial crime management information, analytics, and data usage, strengthening the consistency, scalability, and timeliness of insight
Leading engagement with senior stakeholders across the three lines of defence, providing oversight and challenge while influencing risk management outcomes
Building team capability in data‑led oversight, using data and AI as enablers to generate high‑quality risk insight, supporting independent judgement, as well as challenging, and informing senior decision‑making across financial crime risk
We’re looking for someone with strong experience in financial crime risk management, with a proven track record of delivering insight, reporting, and regulatory outputs in a complex organisation. You’ll also need to be comfortable operating at senior levels, providing clear and concise advice, as well as constructive challenge. To succeed in this role, it’s essential that you have the leadership skills to empower teams to actively challenge how we do things.
In addition, you’ll need:
Strong data and analytics capability, with the ability to apply data and emerging AI approaches to enhance risk insight and oversight
The ability to synthesise complex information into clear and concise narratives for senior audiences
Experience delivering executive‑level reporting, including board papers and regulatory submissions
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust, demonstrate value, and credibly challenge senior business and risk leadership
Deep understanding of financial crime risks, regulatory expectations, and control frameworks, with experience overseeing risk management in the first line
Hours
35Job Posting Closing Date:
24/06/2026Ways of Working:HybridSkills Required
- Strong experience in financial crime risk management
- Proven track record delivering insight, executive reporting, and regulatory outputs in a complex organisation
- Leadership skills to lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team
- Strong data and analytics capability, including applying data and emerging AI approaches to risk insight
- Ability to synthesise complex information into clear, concise narratives for senior audiences
- Experience delivering executive-level reporting, including board papers and regulatory submissions
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior business and risk leadership
- Deep understanding of financial crime risks, regulatory expectations, and control frameworks
- Experience overseeing risk management in the first line
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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