L3 Role – Financial Crime Team Manager – Periodic Review – Risk Management – Perm – Newcastle

Overview

As Periodic Review Team Manager you lead the Central CDD group within EY’s Risk Management function, focusing on ongoing client due diligence for UK, Ireland and Channel Islands engagements. You’ll develop capabilities, manage operations, and drive performance to meet quality and efficiency targets. You collaborate with service lines, provide training, and implement regulatory updates to keep processes current. You help shape robust financial crime controls in a global, matrixed environment.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working arrangements
• opportunities to travel for client sites

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of Senior Analysts
• Develop and manage competence and capacity of the Central CDD team and its operations
• Assist with Service Line stakeholder management to clarify responsibilities between client-facing teams and the CDD team
• Provide training and technical guidance to raise awareness
• Keep the team updated with regulatory developments via change management processes
• Handle process exceptions and mandated approvals as delegated by MLRO/2nd Line Financial Crime Team
• Assist in reviewing and maintaining monitoring procedures and updating engagement risk assessments
• Support the Senior Manager, Central CDD as required

Key requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in a regulated firm’s KYC/CDD compliance function
• Proven people management skills
• Mature understanding of risk-based approaches
• Relevant professional CDD and/or AML qualification would be beneficial
• Experience in a large, matrixed environment with financial crime processes and controls
• Ability to make risk-based decisions and provide substantiated arguments
• Strong planning and organizing skills

• Strong communication skills across staff and senior level
• Leadership and people development
• Change management and adaptability
• CDD/AML expertise
• Risk-based due diligence (simplified, standard, enhanced)
• Regulatory compliance awareness

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