Senior Financial Crime Lawyer/Senior Financial Crime Manager

CompanyClyde & Co

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/12/2026

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Description

The Role

The Senior Financial Crime Lawyer/Manager (Advisory) provides technical advice and guidance to the Firm, BAU, the Financial Crime Team, the COLP, MLCO and MLROs and supports the Head of Financial Crime, with financial crime-related projects. The Senior Financial Crime Lawyer will serve as a critical escalation point for the current financial crime lawyers on more complex queries and will provide supervision, leadership, training and mentoring to the financial crime lawyers and others in the Financial Crime Team. The Financial Crime team sits within the Legal & Risk department, working closely with the Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) and with in-house lawyers in the central Risk Team.

Key Responsibilities

Advising the Firm on compliance relating to anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), illegal tax benefits, financial sanctions, fraud prevention and other relevant requirements.
Advising on complex queries and serving as an escalation point for the Financial Crime Team, to MLROs, the COLP and Head of Financial Crime.
Supervision, mentoring and quality control of the work of the financial crime lawyers.

Maintaining high standards in the efficient management of financial crime escalations.

Supporting the Head of Financial Crime on financial crime-related projects.

Line management of the Financial Crime Paralegal.

Delivering financial crime training and drafting e-learning.

Working with the Head of Financial Crime and the Senior Financial Crime Manager (Projects) on the Firm’s preparation for regulatory audits and inspections.

Supporting the Firm’s financial crime audit programme.

Analysing and advising on suspicious activity reports and supporting the MLROs with the discharge of their duties by drafting and submitting reports under their direction.

Preparing financial crime reports to the senior management of the Firm.

Assisting with the preparation of the Firm-Wide Risk Assessment and local office risk assessments and gap analyses.

Contributing to high standards in financial crime compliance in the BAU Team by assisting with the improvement of financial crime processes, workflows and new technology.

Attending when required, the Financial Crime Committee.

Drafting, developing, maintaining, and communicating policies and templates that set firm standards for complying with AML, ABC, and other financial crime related regulatory requirements imposed by the United Kingdom, European Union, Hong Kong, China Singapore, the UAE and all other jurisdictions as required for the firm.

Responding to financial crime related client and third-party questionnaires including from our clients, banks and regulators globally.

Providing support on AML and other financial crime compliance to our international offices.

Monitoring regulatory updates and guidance and receiving feedback on compliance operations from lawyers and staff and implementing processes required to meet regulatory changes.

Other risk and compliance related projects as required.

Essential Skills & Experience

Qualified lawyer over 6 years’ experience advising on anti-money laundering, sanctions other financial crime risks, preferably gained in an international law firm. If not legally trained, educated to degree level and over 6 years’ experience advising on anti-money laundering, financial sanctions other financial crime risks, legislation and regulations, preferably gained in an international law firm.
Excellent technical knowledge of the U.K. Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017 (as mended) the Legal Sector Affinity Group’s Anti-Money Laundering Guidance for the Legal Sector, relevant sanctions and financial crime legislation on regulations covering anti-facilitation of tax evasion, fraud prevention, bribery and corruption and other regulatory materials relevant to the firm’s compliance obligations.

A high level of knowledge of the UK sanctions regime and regulations required and a working knowledge of other international sanctions regime such as the EU, US, UAE, Australia, would be desirable but is not essential.

Experience in managing AML and other financial crime risks within a professional services firm and advising on AML/financial crime queries.

Experience of delivering AML and/or other financial crime training.

Excellent ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, driving action and challenging inaction.

Strong partnership abilities; skilled in influencing and motivating others especially senior leaders.

Strong project management, problem-solving and decision-making skills;

Excellent verbal and written communication skills including presentation development and delivery

Ability to work independently and think critically.

A strong service focus with the need to listen and understand the essential requirements of different areas of the firm.

Ability to build connections and work collaboratively across boundaries at all levels.

Availability to travel.

Unequivocal commitment to maintaining high ethical standards and strict confidentiality of firm and client information.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The Competencies Are Used To Inform All Aspects Of Business Services Career Development. They Vary Across Levels And Different Business Areas And Fall Under The Following Areas

Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.