Financial Crime Director/Senior Manager

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

Practice group/Global Operations team: Konexo

Type of Vacancy: Permanent

Full time/Part time: Full-Time

Hybrid Working: 3 days per week in the office

Location: London

About Konexo

Konexo was developed in 2011 by global law firm Eversheds Sutherland. As pioneers in alternative legal service provision, Konexo provides an extended range of legal and compliance services – all supported by advanced technology, smart systems, and bright minds. We work extremely closely with our Financial Services lawyers, identifying, pitching for and winning new client mandates to support firms that are either proactively enhancing their internal compliance systems and controls or reacting to regulatory scrutiny through thematic reviews or enhanced supervision.

Our Financial Services consultancy supports leading banks, fintechs, asset managers and insurance firms with specialist regulatory, compliance and operational resourcing solutions.

The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Financial Crime Director or Senior Manager to play a senior leadership role across our advisory, remediation and regulatory transformation programmes for financial services clients.

This role will combine deep financial crime expertise with client leadership, business development support and programme oversight. The Director will work closely with senior Konexo leaders and client stakeholders to deliver a market-leading regulatory, risk and compliance consultancy service.

This is a pivotal role for the Konexo Financial Services, enabling high-quality delivery, supporting client growth and strengthening Konexo’s reputation in the financial crime market. We are therefore looking for a collaborative, highly motivated individual who wants to help grow the business and their career.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Lead and oversee financial crime advisory and delivery work across areas such as AML, sanctions and fraud.
• Act as a senior subject matter expert on large scale remediation, regulatory change and transformation programmes.
• Provide oversight, challenge and quality assurance across client deliverables.
• Support the development of junior consultants and managers through coaching and mentoring .
• Help shape the evolution of Konexo’s delivery models.

 Business Development & Market Engagement

• Support business development activity, including shaping propositions, contributing to client pitches and client discussions.
• Work alongside senior leaders to take Konexo’s financial crime capabilities to market.
• Act as a visible and credible senior representative of Konexo Financial Services in the financial crime market.

Programme Oversight & Risk Management

• Maintain oversight of delivery risk across programmes, ensuring client commitments are met to a high standard.
• Support effective governance, issue escalation and decision making.
• Apply professional judgement to manage regulatory, operational and delivery risk.

Skills and Experience

We are looking to speak to candidates who hold the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in leading a financial crime, compliance or regulatory advisory team within financial services.
• Hands on financial crime expertise e.g. AML, sanctions, KYC, fraud, monitoring, etc.
• Significant experience leading large-scale financial crime remediation, transformation or managed service programmes.
• Background in consulting, professional services or complex in-house change environments.
• Demonstrable experience of leading client engagements and influencing at a senior level.
• Commercial awareness, with experience of supporting business development and client growth strategies.

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

• We’re fair, transparent and equitable
• We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
• We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
• We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
• We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
• We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
• We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
• We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
• We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

For you,

For your success.

And what's next.