Financial Crime Assurance Manager

Location: London or remote within the UK. Remote-first role with no expectation to attend the London office. Work from abroad is available for up to 20 days per year.

Salary: up to £60,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a fully regulated UK bank providing accounts and payments infrastructure for product-led fintechs and platforms, with plans to expand into card issuing, stablecoin infrastructure, and agentic finance.

What you will do

• Deliver independent assurance reviews, thematic deep dives, and control testing across the business, with a focus on financial crime.
• Manage the financial crime scope of the assurance plan in partnership with the MLRO and support additional assurance work directed by the Head of Assurance.
• Coordinate with Compliance, Risk, Financial Crime, and Internal Audit to embed a combined assurance model while maintaining independence.
• Set evidence standards for remediation, validate that fixes are effective, and maintain the actions tracker.
• Produce clear workpapers and reports, represent the Head of Assurance at risk and audit committees when required, and improve testing methods, templates, and tooling.

Requirements

• Experience in assurance, audit, or quality control involving control testing rather than checklist-based reviews.
• Financial crime experience and solid knowledge of the UK regulatory framework, including POCA, SAR obligations, and FCA/PRA expectations.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services environment.
• Ability to raise challenging findings, defend conclusions based on evidence, and conduct difficult conversations with first-line teams.
• Strong coordination and writing skills, with the ability to produce clear and readable documentation.
• Must be based in the UK; London office access is available but not required.

Nice to have

• ICA Financial Crime, CAMS, or IIA qualification.
• Experience in model validation, prudential risk, or technology assurance.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, asynchronous, and flexible working environment.
• 25 days of holiday, bank holidays, and a winter break between Christmas and New Year.
• Share options and pension enrollment through Penfold.
• Private medical insurance with family cover, life insurance, coaching, and therapy sessions.
• Enhanced parental leave, AI tools including a Claude subscription, and support for a comfortable home-office setup.

Hiring process

• Six stages: talent screen, technical interview, task, peer interview, culture interview, and founders chat.
• The process typically takes around two to three weeks.