The Financial Crime Operations Senior Specialist oversees control frameworks, manages complex projects, ensures regulatory compliance, and provides expert consultation on anti-money laundering and financial crime controls.
This role is responsible for strengthening the Financial Crime control framework, ensuring controls are effective, operating as intended, and aligned with regulatory expectations. Acting as a subject matter expert, the role partners with the wider business, and external vendors to provide specialist advice, support training and capability‑building, and oversee the monitoring and escalation of potentially suspicious activity. The position also ensures ongoing compliance with evolving regulatory requirements and supports the business in maintaining a robust and effective internal control environment.
What You’ll Do:Lead & Manage Complex Control Projects
- Manage control initiatives of broad scope and complexity across divisions.
- Develop and implement internal control frameworks, including control identification, design, implementation, and testing.
- Identify control gaps and recommend actions to strengthen effectiveness.
- Act as a subject‑matter expert on complex control‑related issues, offering analytical support and guidance.
- Provide advanced level consulting to the business on internal and external audit activities and results as well as risk mitigation initiatives in response to audit findings.
- Produce and distribute management reporting and KPI‑driven insights.
- Maintain documentation of findings, lead investigations arising from exception reporting, and escalate issues where appropriate.
- Build strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Share best practices and communicate effective control solutions across teams.
- Provide education and influence around audit and control matters to promote awareness and compliance across the organisation.
- Keep up to date with risk and control trends across the industry and within the organisation.
- Assess the applicability of emerging practices to improve operational resilience.
- Participate in special projects and support broader operational initiatives as required.
What You’ll Bring:
- Significant experience in anti‑money laundering (AML) controls, financial crime compliance, or internal controls management.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.Com/BBA/LLB) in Commerce, Finance, Business Administration, or Law — or a Master’s degree/diploma in Compliance, Risk Management, or Finance.
- Professional certification such as ICA Advanced Certificate, CAMS, or equivalent (preferred).
- Strong capabilities in risk analysis, financial crime risk assessment, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, reporting, and training delivery.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Top Skills
Aml Controls
Analytical Skills
Financial Crime Compliance
Risk Management
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