Financial Crime Advisory Manager, Asset Management

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a Financial Crime Advisory Manager, Asset Management to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary and good benefits package. 

What you'll be doing:

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive financial crime framework for clients, counterparties, investments, and subsidiaries
• Managing high-risk customer relationships, including PEPs and sanctions, in collaboration with KYC and screening teams
• Ensuring systems and controls are in place to prevent financial crime within public markets teams
• Keeping up-to-date with relevant legislation and regulatory changes, and advising business areas on compliance
• Acting as the primary contact for financial crime matters within the Asset Management Businesses
• Designing and delivering financial crime training and awareness programmes across the firm
• Considering consumer duty obligations when advising on financial crime controls to ensure fair treatment of customers

Who we're looking for:

• Relevant professional qualifications and significant experience in financial services compliance
• Extensive knowledge of financial crime prevention and detection in the financial services sector
• Strong understanding of investment management and collective investments
• Familiarity with venture capital, private markets, and other financial services
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK, EU, US, and global fraud and money laundering legislation
• Expertise in investigation principles and practices to guide investigators
• Proven track record in financial crime compliance within financial services

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.