Group Financial Crime Policy and Standards Manager

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

The Role: Group Financial Crime Policy and Standards Manager - 12 month fixed term contract

The Group Financial Crime Policy and Standards Manager is a fixed-term contract of up to 12 months maternity cover as a management role with day-to-day responsibility for the production and maintenance of Group Financial Crime Policies and Standards as well as supporting in the execution of the Group  Financial Crime training and awareness framework and financial crime communications strategy.

Financial crime responsibilities:

• Produce and maintain the M&G Group and UK Financial Crime Policy in line with M&G Policy and Governance Framework.
• Produce and maintain M&G Group Financial Crime Standards, including Group Minimum Requirements and supporting guidance, matrices and parameters.
• Identify and assess all UK and global financial crime regulatory requirements pertaining to Group in coordination with the Regulatory Affairs Team, and Local 2LoD FC teams, as part of regulatory horizon scanning.
• Review and maintain M&G Financial Crime obligations.
• Produce and maintain the M&G Financial Crime Standards in line with M&G Group Financial Crime Policy.
• Support the execution of the M&G Group Financial Crime Training and Competency Framework and financial crime communications strategy.

Additional responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition of M&G Policy and Governance Framework and Risk Management Framework.
• Disseminate the Financial Crime Policy, Standards, related frameworks and associated expectations across the global organisation.
• Engage with asset management, life and corporate functions (such as Finance, HR and Procurement) to ensure there are sufficient financial crime controls and communicate policy change.
• Help identify training requirements as a result of changes to Group Policies and Standards and engage the Group Central Financial Crime Functions as required.
• Build collaborative relationships with other Group Risk and Compliance stakeholders as well as local and global 2LoD financial crime teams to enhance risk management and compliance culture.
• Other tasks and activities within the scope of your role or team as required from time to time.

Skill requirements:

• Established experience within financial crime and being able to demonstrate an understanding of the financial crime risks inherent in the asset management and / or insurance sectors. (Essential)
• Highly experienced in tracking and interpreting regulatory changes to update financial crime obligation registers, policies and standards effectively. (Essential)
• Highly experienced  in performing gap analysis and benchmarking of current policy/standards against regulatory requirements and industry best practices. (Essential)
• Highly experienced  in writing, reviewing and maintaining financial crime policy/standards within asset management and/or insurance sectors. (Essential)
• Highly experienced  in designing and embedding risk-based approach in financial crime policy/standards. (Essential)
• Highly experienced  in conducting impact assessments on changes in financial crime policy/standards at a Group, BU, Local levels. (Essential)
• Has cross-functional collaboration skills and can work with compliance, risk, legal, business, operations and group/local teams. (Essential)
• Working knowledge of risk management principles.
• Sound communication skills and ability to work with diverse range of stakeholders within and outside of the team. (Essential)

Experience Level: Manager/Expert

Reporting to: Group Financial Crime Functions Lead

Recruiter: Helen Simons

Location: London (Hybrid 2 - 3 days per week)

What we offer:

We’re dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, and financially plan for the future. Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).
• Access to our Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our Time Off When You Need It policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.
• Our market-leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - because supporting families is an important part of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover includes Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with additional family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.

M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you would like to participate in the initiative, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying. If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: [email protected]