Financial Crime Compliance Manager

At Rathbones, we help people invest their money well, so they can live well. That means more than financial returns – it’s about helping people feel confident in their decisions and supported in their future. We don’t just manage money, we guide people through life’s big moments, helping them stay on track and focus on what matters most.

We’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, with £113.6bn in assets under management (as of March 2026) and 20+ offices across the UK and Channel Islands. We’re a FTSE 250 company with national reach and a local feel – and we’re growing.

Role Title: Financial Crime Compliance Manager

Location: London

Contract: FTC – 12 Months

Working pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

This role is to support the Head of Financial Crime in operating, maintaining and enhancing a proportionate, risk-based anti-financial crime framework across Rathbones’ Group. This role provides expert second line advice and oversight across AML/CTF, sanctions, bribery and corruption, tax evasion, regulatory change and management information.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Support the Head of Financial Crime in maintaining an effective enterprise-wide financial crime framework, including policies, standards, procedures, control documentation and operating guidance.
• Interpret regulatory and industry guidance into practical financial crime controls, ensuring requirements are proportionate to client, product, jurisdiction, delivery channel and transaction risk.
• Support the production and maintenance of the business-wide financial crime risk assessment, including action tracking and evidence of closure.
• Prepare clear and insightful MI for the MLRO, senior management, committees and boards.
• Lead or support investigations into internal suspicious activity reports, documenting decisions, rationale and recommendations for MLRO review.
• Identify, assess and support implementation of changes arising from legislation, FCA expectations, JMLSG guidance, OFSI guidance, enforcement cases, industry intelligence and internal risk events.
• Lead drafting or enhancement of financial crime policies and procedures, ensuring they are clear, operationally usable and aligned to the firm’s risk appetite.
• Maintain a strong audit trail for policy decisions, control design, risk acceptance and management action plans.
• Lead on the design and delivery of financial crime training, including changes to process, controls etc.
• Provide targeted briefings on emerging typologies and regulatory change, with practical examples relevant to the Group.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the business while maintaining appropriate second line challenge and independence.
• Manage and develop Financial Crime Team members, setting clear expectations, reviewing work quality and supporting technical capability development.
• Review and maintain the methodologies and underlying country and industry risk lists.
• Promote consistent decision making, high-quality records, knowledge sharing and a collaborative “One Rathbones” approach.

About you

If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply

• Significant financial crime experience in wealth management, asset management, financial planning, banking or other related regulated environments.
• Strong working knowledge of UK financial crime legislation, FCA expectations, JMLSG guidance and risk-based controls.
• Advanced MI reporting capabilities with the ability to analyse datasets and identify emerging trends.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to analyse complex information and identify the key issue/action to drive resolutions
• Strong experience in managing senior stakeholder interaction, presenting clear and concise risks alongside reasonable and solution focused recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to plan and prioritise work tasks in a very fast paced environment under own initiative.
• Demonstrable experience in advising key stakeholders on anti-money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing and other financial crime related matters.
• Preferred Level 6 industry recognised AML or financial crime qualification (ICA/CISI).

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
• Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service
• Life assurance  - 8 x salary
• Income protection – 75 % salary
• Company share scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days
• Green Car Scheme
• Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers
• Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications
• Season travel ticket loans
• Volunteering days
• Gym discounts
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you 

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include:

• Sports & Social Committees, such as cricket, football, netball, running, yoga, quiz nights, charity bake sales and much more.
• Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Menopause Matters@Rathbones’ and Armed Forces. 
• The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer (level 2) under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online, click here. If you require adjustments to apply for a role at Rathbones, please contact us via recruit@rathbones.com to let us know what adjustments you may need.

Mission

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of.

Our values shape how we work:
- We aim high
- We get it done
- We show we care
- We do the right thing

These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.

We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out.