Financial Crime QC Lead

About this role

Financial Crime QC Lead

Overview

You are a professional with deep expertise in establishing and maintaining robust quality control frameworks within a financial crime environment. You are analytical and focused on delivering high-quality outcomes.

Duties and responsibilities

QC Governance and Oversight

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Take responsibility for the end-to-end Financial Crime and Onboarding QC framework for BCB Group, including standards, calibration, and escalations.

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Define and maintain the QC methodology (including sampling, scoring, and documentation) in line with Group policy, regulatory guidance, and internal risk appetite.

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Provide challenge on identified shortcomings and financial crime risk issues, ensuring a timely remediation process and clear accountability.

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Lead analysis of QC findings, drive corrective actions, and ensure BCB Group remains both audit and regulatory compliant.

Quality Control and Review

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Perform detailed quality reviews of Fraud/TM/KYC processes across a range of risk levels.

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Assess accuracy and consistency against the QC checklist and scoring criteria, as well as internal policies and regulatory requirements.

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Apply a risk-based approach in reviewing to identify inconsistencies and potential financial crime risks.

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Ensure all casework meets internal and external standards and support challenging conversations on findings.

Coaching & Improvement

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Work with the Financial Crime team to ensure timely completion of reviews and processes and support prioritisation of workloads to meet team objectives.

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Provide constructive feedback and coaching to team members.

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Identify recurring issues and themes, escalation trends, and recommend solutions at operational and technological levels.

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Support the development of quality standards, guidance, and training.

Stakeholder Management

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Engage with the Onboarding and Financial Crime Teams, including investigators, managers, and executives.

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Clearly articulate and justify QC decisions, particularly when challenged.

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Build strong working relationships to support a collaborative culture.

Process Change

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Contribute to process enhancements and efficiency initiatives across the team.

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Understand developments in UK and EU Law to support changes in the function.

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Provide input into process improvements, policy updates, control frameworks, and system improvements.

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Support implementation of regulatory or internal change initiatives.

What you will bring to the team:

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Experience managing a QC function in a FinTech or start-up environment.

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Experience as a financial crime investigator or analyst.

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Proficiency handling wide sets of data and presenting key findings.

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