Role Summary As Head of Financial Crime, you will be responsible for developing and executing on a strategic roadmap which will deliver a new value proposition to our client base and internal stakeholders. Leading first-line of defence teams covering residential lending, retail savings, business savings and client/3rd party management, you will reconcile anti-money laundering checking, 'Know Your Customer/Business' processes, 'Politically Exposed Persons' and 'Sanctions Screening', supplier procurement and management, new client on-boarding, and development of the Financial Crime Control framework while optimising people, processes and technology. In developing a forward-looking Financial Crime Control framework you will apply a holistic approach that takes into account our client's products, including retail deposits and lending as well as future strategy. Working in close collaboration with key dependents, partners and stakeholders across the Newcastle Building Society Group, including our clients, you will seek to introduce transformational change in support of our vision and growth plan. Forming strategic relationships with key suppliers to build a future-focused solution which embraces new technologies, growing the team's professional capabilities and facilitation of career paths are expected to feature heavily on the change agenda. Skills and Experience We are looking for a Financial Crime expert to head up this essential function within our group. We will value your experience of UK Client vetting and review practices, in depth knowledge of UK AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-fraud regimes across retail banking and lending. Your detailed knowledge of UK Money Laundering Regulations, FCA rules/Financial Crime Handbook & Joint Money Laundering Steering Group's Guidance Notes will be invaluable. Having already taken ownership for a financial crime prevention function at a Senior Management level you will be able to bring your knowledge and experience to the team ensuring that our clients remain unaffected by financial crime. As well as leading multiple departments and teams, you will be setting strategies and policies for the Financial Crime department. This will be through engaging with other departments within the Society as well as our Clients. As the Head of Financial Crime you will be comfortable writing papers and presenting to third party clients as well as Executives within our own organisation. As Head of Department your leadership skills will be key, as well as your ability to quickly adapt to change and innovate driving continuous improvement. Departmental Overview Newcastle Strategic Solutions, a subsidiary of Newcastle Building Society, provides outsourced savings management solutions to financial institutions across the U.K Over the years, we have successfully delivered savings management expertise to a number of national and international clients. We currently partner with a diverse range of deposit takers including Banks, Building Societies, Personal Finance and Credit Card providers. These firms are from a variety of different sectors, from mortgage lending to retail and asset finance to the auto finance sector. We passionately believe in working closely with our clients to ensure we provide exceptional levels of service. The Financial Crime Unit provides support to Newcastle Strategic Solutions clients to manage their regulatory obligations in relation to Financial Crime. This includes the prevention, detection and investigation of Anti Money Laundering, Fraud and other Financial Crime.