Group Financial Crime Compliance Policy & Procedure Lead

• Lead the design and development of MPMS’s AML/CTF and Sanctions framework across multiple jurisdictions. 
• Establish a consistent framework structure while ensuring jurisdiction specific regulatory requirements are appropriately addressed. 
• Translate legislative and regulatory obligations into practical and operationally effective requirements. 
• Assess regulatory developments and identify impacts on existing frameworks and controls. 
• Support alignment between local regulatory obligations and group standards.

• Develop and maintain policies, standards, procedures, guidance documents and control frameworks. 
• Draft end to end AML/CTF and sanctions documentation covering key financial crime risk areas (CDD/KYC, EDD, CRAs, PEPs, TM, SMRs, PDD, ABAC, Fraud and Scams). 
• Review and rationalise existing documentation to identify gaps, duplication and improvement opportunities. 
• Ensure policies and procedures are clear, practical, auditable and aligned to business operations. 
• Develop supporting templates, guidance materials and control documentation. 
• Interpret regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions (Australia, UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Ireland, India and others). 
• Conduct regulatory gap assessments and map requirements to framework obligations. 
• Maintain document inventories, development plans and delivery schedules. 
• Ensure all documentation is completed to a high standard and within agreed timeframes.

• Facilitate workshops to document current and future state operating models. 
• Support stakeholders through adoption of new frameworks, policies and procedures. 
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and capability uplift across compliance and business teams.

• Partner with compliance, risk, legal, operations and business teams to capture requirements and validate procedures. 
• Work with external legal advisers and subject matter experts where required. 
• Support governance forums through preparation of papers, reports and recommendations. 
• Support implementation activities including communications, training and procedural adoption.

• 10+ years' experience in AML/CTF, sanctions or financial crime compliance.
• Demonstrated experience designing and drafting AML/CTF and sanctions policies, procedures and control frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF and sanctions regulatory requirements within Australia or UK.
• Proven experience supporting regulatory reform, financial crime transformation programmes.
• Exceptional technical writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to interpret complex legislative and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical business requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities within a dynamic environment. 

• Experience working within multinational financial services organisations.
• Experience engaging with regulators, external legal advisers or internal audit functions.
• ACAMS, ICA, CGSS or equivalent financial crime qualification.
• Experience across AML/CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud or broader financial crime frameworks.

This role will be offered as a 12-Month Fixed Term Contract with potential for extension or convert to permanent. 

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