Senior Manager, Economic Crime Prevention, LBCM

JOB TITLE:        Senior Manager, Economic Crime Prevention, LBCM

LOCATIONS:     London or Edinburgh

HOURS:              Full-time

An exciting opportunity for a motivated leader to support Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) across the Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets (LBCM) business.

LBCM is the Group’s non-ring-fenced bank and an independent legal entity. Our business is diverse and cross-jurisdictional - offering a range of products to many different client types. As a standalone Bank, LBCM makes an important contribution to the services the Group can offer to our customers, and we support the group’s Helping Britain Prosper agenda by connecting LBG, and the UK, to global markets.

The role sits within our 1st line, LBCM ECP team and will focus on providing operational ECP oversight across LBCM UK business areas – covering the ECP risk areas of fraud; anti-money laundering (AML); sanctions and anti-bribery. You’ll work closely with internal and external key customers across the LBCM business areas, and LBCM’s service partners to ensure ECP risks are effectively handled and mitigated. As part of our LBCM ECP team, the Senior Manager will contribute to the delivery of a balanced and effective ECP control framework across LBCM which enables the business to achieve its objectives and strategic growth agenda in-line with risk appetite.

As Senior Manager you’ll report into the Chief Operating Officer. You’ll be responsible for delivering pro-active ECP support and constructive challenge across LBCM UK through a variety of mechanisms including relationship management and the delivery of assurance and oversight activity of shared service controls. The Senior Manager will deputise for and support the LBCM COO and will be responsible for creating and maintaining key business relations with senior management, including LBCM Board members and service partners. You’ll have responsibility for;

• Input into LBCM’s ECP Risk & Control Self-Assessment profiles and other ECP risk reporting outputs - providing guidance, opinion and challenge as required.
• Overseeing and managing the LBCM ECP risk appetite.
• Undertaking assurance work in relation to the ECP control framework delegated to the ring-fenced bank – reporting findings to senior colleagues and back to the service providers.
• Producing and presenting reports for senior colleagues and committees.
• Providing ECP specialist advice and guidance to the LBCM UK business areas to promote and ensure compliance with regulatory and Group ECP Policy requirements support to the LBCM UK business.
• Supervising receipt of 1st line ECP services provided by our shared service providers and make risk appetite decisions for the LBCM UK business.

What you’ll need

The role is multi-faceted and requires an ability to balance high-reaching demands in a pressurised environment. You’ll be required to have a consistent track record of delivering initiatives, tasks and partner relationships and an existing depth of economic crime prevention knowledge and a desire to learn. As well as possessing the following:

• In depth knowledge of current and emerging ECP regulatory requirements and an understanding of best practice risk management and control frameworks.
• Experience in markets products, such as FX, interest rates and bonds.

• Experienced leader and manager with a track-record in prioritising and delivering competing demands.
• Excellent customer management skills with the ability to exercise tact, influence and communicate at senior levels.
• Strong analysis and investigative skills.
• Excellent organisational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experienced in identifying and championing transformation - to deliver continuous improvement to systems and processes.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident

Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

If you also have an understanding of corporate and institutional banking products and services, this would be desirable, as would experience of operating within a shared service framework.