Summary: The Regulatory Delivery Lead / Project Manager will oversee the delivery of Retail Financial Crime-related commitments in alignment with the bank's regulatory review. This role involves managing known issues across Business Units and ensuring compliance with Financial Crime policies. The position requires matrix management to facilitate collaboration across various business areas. The contract is expected to last for approximately six months, starting as soon as possible.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage a comprehensive delivery plan to address known issues across Retail Business Units.
- Lead the implementation of Financial Crime recommendation requirements, including the identification and collection of critical data points across the financial crime framework (e.g., risk assessments, CDD, ongoing monitoring etc).
- Support the design and implementation of process improvements and system enhancements across the financial crime framework.
- Coordinate and oversee the delivery of regulatory change initiatives, ensuring traceability and alignment with regulatory findings.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather current state information and drive consensus on future state solutions.
- Lead and mentor teams (matrix management) to deliver programme objectives effectively across business units.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in project management and business change within cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Financial Crime Transformation and/or Regulatory Change programmes.
- Strong understanding of CDD, AML, and broader Financial Crime business processes within Financial Services.
- Experience working on S166 regulatory reviews and delivering related change programmes.
- Track record of delivering complex initiatives in a regulated environment.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills across multiple business units.
- Ability to facilitate workshops and extract insights from existing documentation to define current and target states.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on risk, control, and regulatory compliance.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, reporting, and tracking.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Regulatory Delivery Lead / Project Manager
Location: London hybrid, onsite 2-3 days weekly, the rest remote
Start: ASAP
Duration: likely 6-month contract
Overall purpose of the role
The Regulatory Delivery Lead / Project Manager will be responsible for leading the delivery of Retail Financial Crime-related commitments aligned to the bank’s regulatory review. This includes managing the resolution of known issues across Business Units and ensuring alignment with Financial Crime policy and regulatory expectations. The role will also involve matrix management to support delivery across multiple business areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a comprehensive delivery plan to address known issues across Retail Business Units.
- Lead the implementation of Financial Crime recommendation requirements, including the identification and collection of critical data points across the financial crime framework (e.g., risk assessments, CDD, ongoing monitoring etc).
- Support the design and implementation of process improvements and system enhancements across the financial crime framework.
- Coordinate and oversee the delivery of regulatory change initiatives, ensuring traceability and alignment with regulatory findings.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather current state information and drive consensus on future state solutions.
- Lead and mentor teams (matrix management) to deliver programme objectives effectively across business units.
Required Experience
- Proven experience in project management and business change within cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Financial Crime Transformation and/or Regulatory Change programmes.
- Strong understanding of CDD, AML, and broader Financial Crime business processes within Financial Services.
- Experience working on S166 regulatory reviews and delivering related change programmes.
- Track record of delivering complex initiatives in a regulated environment.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills across multiple business units.
- Ability to facilitate workshops and extract insights from existing documentation to define current and target states.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on risk, control, and regulatory compliance.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, reporting, and tracking.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
