2LoD GFCC Monitoring and Testing Consultant (12 Month FTC)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

M&G provides asset management, insurance, savings, and investment solutions, supported by a long-standing financial services heritage.

What you will do

• Deliver risk-based Monitoring & Testing reviews across Financial Crime risk areas.
• Assess the design, implementation, and operational effectiveness of 1LoD controls covering CDD/EDD, third-party oversight, sanctions, transaction monitoring, governance, and MI.
• Produce evidence-based findings, recommendations, assurance reports, and thematic summaries with robust audit trails.
• Translate technical control issues into concise insight for senior stakeholders, governance forums, and committees.
• Contribute to MI, thematic analysis, trend identification, and annual and in-year assurance planning.
• Guide colleagues, analysts, contractors, SMEs, and data owners while supporting continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience supporting or assuring large-scale Financial Crime transformation or remediation programmes.
• Financial Crime experience in asset management and/or insurance.
• Experience delivering assurance, monitoring, testing, or audit within Financial Crimes Compliance.
• Strong understanding of AML/CTF, sanctions, proliferation financing, fraud, ABC, and tax evasion facilitation.
• Strong analytical, organisational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to form balanced, evidence-based conclusions and manage multiple priorities.

Nice to have

• Experience applying data-led techniques such as sampling, pattern detection, and trend analysis.
• Experience working across multi-jurisdictional environments.
• Experience coordinating, guiding, or managing analysts, SMEs, or contractors.
• Proactive, curious, calm, and comfortable in fast-moving environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements and workplace adjustments are available.
• Pension scheme of up to 18%, including employer contributions.
• Share Save and Share Incentive Plan with financial wellbeing support.
• 38 days of annual leave including bank holidays, with the option to purchase five additional days.
• Private healthcare, critical illness cover, life assurance, and family options.
• Paid parental leave and support through the Inspiring Families policy.