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JOB TITLE: Senior Financial Crime Quality Assurance Manager (Grade D)
SALARY: £44,901 – £47,395
LOCATIONS:
Birmingham, Chester, Glasgow, Hove, Leeds, Manchester, Newport, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Halifax
HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
Please note our roles can generate a considerable amount of interest and close early so don't miss out on this opportunity to apply today.
For any questions about the role or to be invited to a briefing session we're holding for candidates please contact Amanda Nicholls. The briefing session will take place on 06 July 2026 at 11:30.
We have multiple opportunities available within our Financial Crime Quality Assurance team across different levels. As these roles sit within the same team, we encourage you to apply for either requisition 159088 (C Grade) or 159091 (D Grade), based on the level that you feel best reflects your experience.
ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES
Our Financial Crime team are looking for 9 Senior Quality Assurance Analysts to in deliver independent oversight on customer account reviews across Consumer Relationships.
Alongside core QA activity, you’ll take ownership of workflow management, prioritising activity based on risk and demand, while proactively identifying and driving continuous improvements. You’ll play a key role in strengthening the control environment, ensuring robust risk management, and supporting effective regulatory compliance through insight-led assurance and business engagement, have multiple openings for quality assurance
These are key roles within Financial Crime, focused on delivering independent oversight and strengthening the control environment across customer decisioning activity.
As a Financial Crime Quality Assurance Manager, you’ll play a central role in ensuring decisions are robust, consistent and aligned to policy and regulatory expectations. Alongside core QA activity, you’ll take ownership of workflow, support operational delivery and drive continuous improvement across the function.
You’ll work closely with Team Managers, senior colleagues and partners and specialist teams to ensure high-quality, insight-led assurance across Financial Crime Operations.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
In this role, you’ll:
Plan, manage and prioritise QA workflow in line with risk and demand
Conduct Quality Assurance reviews across Financial Crime teams, providing clear and constructive feedback
Review complex cases and appeals, ensuring consistency in decision-making
Ensure all activity meets policy, regulatory and local risk standards
Identify trends, control gaps and opportunities to strengthen assurance outcomes
Deliver or support calibration and re-training where required
Produce MI and insightful commentary for governance and reporting
Support Senior Team Managers with day-to-day operational delivery
Collaborate with business partners to drive process improvements and embed industry guidelines and optimal approach
Contribute to strengthening the control environment and overall risk management approach
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. While this role may reference a suggested range of experience in years, this is intended as a guide only. What matters most is that you can demonstrate the essential skills outlined. If you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
Essential:
Approximately 3-4 years of experience in Financial Crime (e.g. AML, ODD/KYC, Transaction Monitoring or Investigations)
Strong understanding of Economic Crime Policy and its practical application
Proven ability to assess complex case rationale and make risk-based judgements
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends and risks
Experience managing workload and prioritising effectively
Excellent communication skills, including delivering constructive feedback
Ability to engage and influence business partners and leadership
Desirable:
Experience in Quality Assurance, audit or oversight roles
Experience delivering coaching or calibration activity
Exposure to governance or reporting frameworks
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.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Flexible benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle
28 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more!
Our benefits are designed to support you both in and out of work. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including health insurance, pension, holiday allowance, family leave and flexible working.
With us, your development is a priority, and we’ll ensure you have the right tools to grow and learn.
Our newly renovated offices boast state-of-the-art tech and top-class facilities to help colleagues to connect, collaborate and thrive in an environment so they can do their best work for our customers.
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At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.