Financial Crime Manager (12 Month FTC)

  • London
  • Contract
  • Hybrid
  • Fraud and Fincrime

About the role

This is a 12 month fixed term contract for maternity cover. We are looking for a start date of September-October 2025.

About the role:

You will develop and lead a dedicated team tasked with preventing and investigating fraud and financial crime. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality outputs and exceptional team performance, alongside driving operational enhancements through collaboration with various business units. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that Lendable adheres to regulatory obligations related to financial crime through robust process management and oversight. Additionally, your customer-centric approach will guarantee that our customers are safeguarded against fraud and consistently experience good outcomes.

Your experience:

  • Advanced knowledge of the key fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions risks across consumer finance products.

  • Experience of leading people, preferably within a fraud or financial crime role.

  • Experience implementing new fraud and financial crime processes.

  • Experience in identifying opportunities for process improvements and implementing solutions, including the use of automation and AI technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in financial crime prevention.

  • Demonstrated ability to leverage data, machine learning, and AI to develop and optimise strategies for fraud and financial crime detection and prevention.

Your profile:

  • Excellent written and verbal English communication.

  • Great organisation skills, comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment.

  • Hands-on approach, staying close to process detail and case outcomes.

  • Effective at coaching and enhancing performance.

  • Strong industry network, aware of current fraud & financial crime trends.

How you’ll impact those objectives:

  • Lead and develop a team focused on fraud and financial crime prevention across our credit card, loan, and car finance products.

  • Foster an innovative, high-performance, and empathetic management culture.

  • Manage personal and professional development of direct reports.

  • Oversee daily operations of the fraud and financial crime team, addressing any operational challenges. Providing updates on performance to senior stakeholders.

  • Maintain high standards of quality and best practice with respect to fraud and financial crime prevention.

  • Drive changes and innovation through your direct team, and broader stakeholders including Product, Analytics, Risk, and Compliance teams.

  • Embed a strong control environment that results in great customer outcomes.

  • Write, assess and improve processes with a continuous focus on risk reduction and efficiency gains.

  • Provide guidance and help with complex fraud and financial crime investigations.

The interview process:

  • A quick introduction call with someone from the Talent Team.

  • An interview with the Head of Fraud & FinCrime (in our London office).

  • Final round interviews with the Director of Enterprise Risk and the Director of Operations Strategy (remote).