Third-Party Performance Manager - FinCrime Operations

Trust unlocks our greatest potential.

For decades, the clearing of payments remained unchanged and unchallenged. We asked, what if there was a better way? What if we could make banking infrastructure faster, safer, more reliable, and easier to access for all? Here is where you can think radically and responsibly to find the best solution.

What happens when you know you’re inherently trusted? Trust creates safety. Safety encourages you to be brave, to challenge, to fail, to try new things and to execute. At ClearBank everything revolves around trust. We’re not expected to earn it, but we are expected not to break it. We’re trusted to own it. To solve issues in the moment. To know a good risk when we see one, and the judgement to know that ‘can’ doesn’t always mean you ‘should’.

What you can expect:

ClearBank is a place where you can do things differently and challenge the status quo. We will give you a high level of autonomy and transparency, and we trust you to make the right decisions for the bank.

If that excites you, how about joining our Financial Crime Operations team as the Third-Party Performance Manager? Reporting to the Director of Financial Crime Operations (1LOD) the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and managing our third-party supplier(s) involved in critical financial crime prevention activities, including transaction monitoring, screening, fraud monitoring, and blockchain monitoring. This role is crucial in ensuring that our third-party partners meet our high standards of performance, compliance, and risk management, whilst supporting business growth.

Your role includes:

• Partner Management: Responsible for the performance & processes delivered through our staff augmentation partner in line with approved statement of works, SLA’s and quality measures

• Budgeting & planning – Working with Ops Readiness and performance colleagues to ensure demand planning is effective. Create and manage Statements of Work as required, and be responsible for invoice reconciliation and tracking

• Performance Metrics: Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of third-party vendors

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with third-party vendors, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements

• Reporting: Prepare and present regular performance reports to senior management, highlighting key findings, successes and opportunities

• Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders, including FinCrime Compliance, Legal, Procurement and IT teams, to ensure performance objectives are met

What you’ll bring:

To excel in this role, you’ll also need:

• Proven experience as a leader within Financial Crime operations, with a focus on performance management within a screening & monitoring environment

• Knowledge and expertise across Financial Crime, including; AML, Fraud, Digital Assets and Blockchain Monitoring

• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and industry best practices related to financial crime prevention

• Excellent management skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with third-party partners

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex scenarios and make informed decisions

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely

Regretfully we are not able to sponsor applicants for immigration purposes at the current time.

What makes a great ClearBank team member? Does this sound like you?

• You focus on solutions and positive outcomes, thinking radically and responsibly to find the best result for our customers, your colleagues and the bank;

• You actively seek feedback from others to drive your growth and development, always assuming positive intent from others and develop strong, trusting relationships you’re your colleagues and customers: you really, genuinely care;

• You always strive for the highest quality, but you know that done is better than perfect; you welcome a challenge knowing that they learn as you go and iterate;

• ‘I’ before ’we’, isn’t in your vocabulary

If this sounds like you then we encourage you to dust off that CV and apply!

What we offer in return:

• We're flexible – We support a culture of flexibility which allows our employees to achieve a strong work-life balance.

• Offices – Work in a way that works for you – whether that’s in the London office, at home, or hybrid.

• Holiday – 27 days of annual leave per year, plus bank holidays.

• Work abroad – You have the flexibility to work outside of the UK for up to 30 days in a rolling 12-month period.

• Socials – Regular social events open to all.

• Holiday swap – Option to swap your bank holidays to any other day of your choice.

• Wellbeing – 24/7 employee assistance programme including mental health support, life assurance and income protection.

• Bigger than ClearBank – Take a couple of days per year to do something that matters to you.

• Healthy living – Private healthcare and discounted dental cover, with employee perks and discounts.

• Family – Enhanced family-friendly leave.

• Personal development – We offer personal development budgets, opportunities to take part in role-related training and unlimited LinkedIn Learning.

And not forgetting the biggest benefit of all. The opportunity to be part of an incredible team that’s building a tech-bank fit for the future.

A little bit more about us!

ClearBank is Where You Can belong:

At ClearBank we think about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) a lot. Not because we think we should. But because we know we should – how else can we build a happy workforce and be successful as a business. We’re committed to making sure our teams reflect society. And we put energy and effort into making this a place where everyone feels at home, where they’re given the trust and encouragement to do their very best work. Here are some of the things we’re most proud of:

• 42% of our senior management roles are held by women

• Our enhanced family leave policies

• Launching our partnership with Code First Girls

• Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group

Our hiring process and what you can expect:

Application: a member of our talent acquisition team will review your application against the key requirements for the role and let you know within two weeks whether you’re moving forward to the next stage;

Screening: You’ll spend 30-45 minutes speaking to one of our recruiters learning more about the role and ClearBank, and we’ll get it know more about you, your experience and how your skills align with the role (this will be via phone or Teams video call). You can expect to hear back from us within seven days following this meeting (if things are taking longer than expected, we’ll let you know that too);

First Interview: You’ll spend one hour with the hiring manager/hiring team focussing on your skills, competencies and your ways of working at the same time we’ll give you time to ask more questions about the role, the team and learn more about the ClearBank culture. This will be via Teams.

Second Interview: This may be either a competency-based interview with one or more members of our team, or case study/take home assignment (that shouldn’t take you more than a few hours to prepare) and present back to the hiring team and discuss your approaches and ideas.

Final Stage: Depending on the level of the role, you will have a final meeting with the Head of Department. This will be around 45-60 minutes.

Offer: Congratulations! Get ready for transform banking forever!

Our commitment to you as a candidate:

We will always try our best to get back to you within seven days of your interview whether you’ve been successful or not and provide you with feedback. Sometimes things take a little longer, so we may not have a decision to share but we will get it touch to let you know we need a little more time.

We’re unable to provide specific individual feedback at the application or screening stage but know that your application was reviewed and considered carefully.

We wish you the best of luck with your application and maybe we’ll be celebrating your new role at ClearBank soon!

Equal Opportunities:

ClearBank is committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout every stage of the recruitment process. ClearBank recognises that diversity is vital to the long-term success of the business in the communities and markets in which it operates. ClearBank is also a firm believer that an inclusive culture fosters greater employee engagement and collaboration.

ClearBank strives for diversity and inclusion of all forms, including (but not limited to): gender, age, educational and professional background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable adjustments, to candidates during the recruitment process, including to individuals with disabilities. We want to create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate you. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with our Talent Acquisition team prior to your interview stage, if applicable.

The legal bit:

By submitting your CV to ClearBank Limited you are providing your consent for us to use the information you provide for recruitment purposes. For more information on how we manage your data go and check out our Candidate Privacy Notice on the ClearBank website to see how we process, manage and look after your data. You are also allowing us to communicate with you by email and telephone for recruitment purposes.

Recruitment Agencies:

Please note we are not accepting CV’s or applications from Recruitment Agencies for this position, and unsolicited CV’s that are sent will not be accepted as a formal introduction to ClearBank.