Head of Economic Crime

Location: Hybrid role based in Edinburgh, Leeds or Bristol, UK, with at least two days per week or 40% of working time at one of these office sites.

Salary: £116,535–£137,100 per year.

Company

hirify.global's Wealth & Insurance business develops digital propositions for the insurance and pensions market.

What you will do

• Lead a high-performing, commercially minded and customer-first economic crime team across core and offshore sites, leveraging AI.
• Design, implement and enhance the end-to-end control environment for fraud, AML, sanctions and anti-bribery.
• Act as Nominated Senior Manager for Fraud, AML, Sanctions & Anti-Bribery and Nominated Officer for Insurance.
• Build automated, sustainable and scalable controls aligned with regulations, policy, risk appetite and strategic objectives.
• Develop proactive, predictive, risk-based and data-led control testing and monitoring with risk teams, Audit and external regulators.
• Influence business and Group stakeholders, share insights and lead initiatives that reduce operational losses and improve customer outcomes.

Requirements

• Approximately 15 years of experience in risk management, particularly fraud and financial crime, control by design, policy compliance, governance and regulatory knowledge including consumer duty.
• Proven ability to build, lead and inspire an engaged, diverse, solution-focused and high-performing team across onshore and offshore locations.
• Experience supporting business growth through sustainable and scalable automated controls, mitigation of challenges and positive outcomes for customers, including vulnerable customers.
• Previous experience and knowledge of Wealth & Insurance and the relevant technology landscape.
• Experience sustainably redefining and changing businesses through data insights, new technologies, process reengineering, innovation and cost-of-control improvements.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to work across Group functions and represent Wealth & Insurance.
• Ability to identify and resolve challenges pragmatically, lead ad hoc control-focused initiatives and targeted testing, shape solutions and work with ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion across customers, colleagues and communities.
• Workplace adjustments are available for disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.
• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Disability Confident Scheme support includes guaranteed interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants meeting the minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health condition or are neurodivergent.
• Permanent, full-time employment with hybrid working and job-share options.

Hiring process

• Applications should be submitted through the hirify.global careers application process.