Embedded Banking Financial Crime Oversight Lead

Trust unlocks our greatest potential.
For decades, the clearing of payments remained unchanged and unchallenged. We asked, what if there was a better way? What if we could make banking infrastructure faster, safer, more reliable, and easier to access for all? Here is where you can think radically and responsibly to find the best solution.
What happens when you know you’re inherently trusted? Trust creates safety. Safety encourages you to be brave, to challenge, to fail, to try new things and to execute. At ClearBank everything revolves around trust. We’re not expected to earn it, but we are expected not to break it. We’re trusted to own it. To solve issues in the moment. To know a good risk when we see one, and the judgement to know that ‘can’ doesn’t always mean you ‘should’.
What you can expect:
ClearBank is a place where you can do things differently and challenge the status quo. We will give you a high level of autonomy and transparency, and we trust you to make the right decisions for the bank.
If that excites you, how about joining our Embedded Banking Financial Crime Oversight team as an Embedded Banking Financial Crime Oversight Lead? Reporting to the Head of Embedded Banking Financial Crime Oversight, you will coordinate thorough assessments of new Embedded Banking Partners to evaluate their financial crime controls, with emphasis on outsourced processes. You must understand their Operating Model, including systems, processes, and sub-contractors. After onboarding, you will monitor these partners' financial crime controls, assess risks using ClearBank’s taxonomy and relevant data, and ensure compliance with the Oversight model, including leading governance sessions.
Your role includes:
- Ensuring and overseeing compliance with all internal policies, standards, industry guidance and regulation
- Leading the completion of the Financial Crime Systems and Controls Assessments for all new Embedded Banking relationships in accordance with policies, standards, and procedures
- Responsible for the monitoring and oversight of existing Embedded Banking Partners in accordance with standards and procedures from a financial crime perspective.
- Ensuring all oversight activities are completed in accordance with the Oversight Model
- Continuously assessing and updating financial crime aspects of Embedded Banking Partners Risk and Control registries
- Defining and reporting internal and external Key Risk Indicators enabling data driven performance monitoring
- Chairing all Embedded Banking Partner financial crime governance sessions where required
- Responsible for maintenance of Embedded Banking Partner Management Procedures covering Onboarding & Oversight from a financial crime perspective
- Supporting the delivery of relevant aspects of the Embedded Banking change programme
- Supporting the development and implementation of new financial crime systems and controls
- Building and maintaining knowledge of all relevant legislation, regulatory changes, and industry best practice
What you’ll bring:
To excel in this role, you’ll also need:
- Significant expertise in risk and control frameworks and compliance with regulatory standards specifically in relation to financial crime, especially in relation to outsourcing of those controls
- Audit, assurance or consultancy background with significant experience in the oversight and review/assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of financial crime control frameworks
- Strong understanding of sectors such as money remittance, electronic money, APIs, Cryptocurrency firms, and merchant acquirers is a plus
- Experience dealing with complex and varied business models
- Self-starter, able to work independently when needed, and to prioritise tasks
- Ability to communicate and negotiate with key stakeholders and customers
- Strong attention to detail and good judgement
- Work to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining high level of quality and competency
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
Regretfully we are not able to sponsor applicants for immigration purposes at the current time.
What makes a great ClearBank team member? Does this sound like you?
- You focus on solutions and positive outcomes, thinking radically and responsibly to find the best result for our customers, your colleagues and the bank;
- You actively seek feedback from others to drive your growth and development, always assuming positive intent from others and develop strong, trusting relationships you’re your colleagues and customers: you really, genuinely care;
- You always strive for the highest quality, but you know that done is better than perfect; you welcome a challenge knowing that they learn as you go and iterate;
- ‘I’ before ’we’, isn’t in your vocabulary
If this sounds like you then we encourage you to dust off that CV and apply!
What we offer in return:
- We're flexible – We support a culture of flexibility which allows our employees to achieve a strong work-life balance.
- Offices – Work in a way that works for you – whether that’s in the London office, at home, or hybrid.
- Holiday – 27 days of annual leave per year, plus bank holidays.
- Holiday buy/sell - Buy or sell up to five days of annual leave each year and shape your year around what matters most.
- Work abroad – You have the flexibility to work outside of the UK for up to 30 days in a rolling 12-month period.
- Socials – Regular social events open to all.
- Holiday swap – Option to swap your bank holidays to any other day of your choice.
- Wellbeing – 24/7 employee assistance programme including mental health support, life assurance and income protection.
- Bigger than ClearBank – Take a couple of days per year to do something that matters to you.
- Healthy living – Private healthcare and discounted dental cover, with employee perks and discounts.
- Family – Enhanced family-friendly leave.
- Personal development – We offer personal development budgets, opportunities to take part in role-related training and unlimited LinkedIn Learning.
And not forgetting the biggest benefit of all. The opportunity to be part of an incredible team that’s building a tech-bank fit for the future.
A little bit more about us!
ClearBank is Where You Can belong:
At ClearBank we think about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) a lot. Not because we think we should. But because we know we should – how else can we build a happy workforce and be successful as a business. We’re committed to making sure our teams reflect society. And we put energy and effort into making this a place where everyone feels at home, where they’re given the trust and encouragement to do their very best work. Here are some of the things we’re most proud of:
- 42% of our senior management roles are held by women
- Our enhanced family leave policies
- Launching our partnership with Code First Girls
- Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group
Our hiring process and what you can expect:
Application: a member of our talent acquisition team will review your application against the key requirements for the role and let you know within two weeks whether you’re moving forward to the next stage;
Screening: You’ll spend 30-45 minutes speaking to one of our recruiters learning more about the role and ClearBank, and we’ll get it know more about you, your experience and how your skills align with the role (this will be via phone or Teams video call). You can expect to hear back from us within seven days following this meeting (if things are taking longer than expected, we’ll let you know that too);
First Interview: You’ll spend one hour with a member of our hiring team focusing on your skills