Vice President of Financial Crime Controls, Santander

• Demonstrable experience working within a financial crime and regulatory environment, preferably in the Financial Services Industry
• Ability to identify risks and mitigate them by implementing/enhancing controls
• Financial Crime Compliance Subject Matter Expertise and experience in Financial Crime Monitoring and Testing, Assurance, Advisory, Policy Implementation role or Financial Crime Audit function
• Experience in leading and managing a team
• Excellent analytical skills and experience in the interpretation of risk and control data

Desirable

• As the VP Financial Crime Controls you’ll be responsible for managing the Cyclical Regulatory Risk and controls and influencing global activities whilst ensuring that they are compliant with UK regulatory requirements
• You’ll be responsible for leading a team in managing various projects including business process automation transformation
• Leading development of the financial crime risk and control profile for SCIB UK and on-going improvements to 1st Line business risk identification, assessment and mitigation, working alongside 2 line of defence
• Executing and leading the evolution and embedding of Financial Crime 1st line controls, including, procedures, systems, and user manuals
• Leading 1st line governance, reporting and MI to executive level, actively contributing to internal and external regulatory reporting requirements across SCIB UK and Global
• Providing direction and management of continuous data quality improvements, reporting and process automation and the digitalisation agenda for the Economic Crime Prevention & KYC teams for UK SCIB, working collaboratively with global and regional colleagues
• Developing a team of subject matter experts, providing advice, guidance and improving protection for SCIB business and clients