Financial Crime Senior Manager - Technical

Please note this is a Fixed Term Contract role.

You will lead the technical direction of financial crime systems, data, and analytics across Benchmark Capital. This is a senior, group-wide role focused on strengthening controls, improving data quality, and advancing the use of technology to manage financial crime risk.

You will work closely with Financial Crime, IT/Digital, and business teams, supporting both strategic delivery and day-to-day operational activity across Network, Platform, and Investment businesses.

What you'll do

• Own the financial crime technology and data strategy, ensuring systems evolve with regulatory expectations and business growth
• Oversee system performance, data quality, MI, and analytics across all regulated entities
• Act as senior owner for core tools (screening, transaction monitoring, case management), driving optimisation and validation
• Lead the use of analytics, automation, and AI to improve monitoring and detection capability
• Manage third-party vendors, including performance, resilience, and regulatory compliance
• Support major technology programmes, ensuring delivery aligns with risk appetite and regulatory commitments
• Act as a technical escalation point for system and data issues impacting day-to-day operations
• Partner with Financial Crime and business teams to support real-time decision-making on alerts, cases, and complex scenarios
• Feed operational insight into system improvements, rule tuning, and data enhancements
• Support regulatory engagement, ensuring systems and data controls are well evidenced
• Contribute to financial crime governance, MI, and strategy

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Strong experience in financial crime / AML within a regulated financial services environment
• Deep understanding of FCA expectations and AML frameworks (e.g. JMLSG)
• Experience with financial crime systems (screening, monitoring, case management)
• Strong data and analytics capability, with the ability to assess and improve data quality
• Experience delivering technology projects and managing third-party suppliers
• Good understanding of IT controls, data security, and system integration
• Ability to influence and communicate with senior stakeholders and technical teams
• Relevant qualifications (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, Level 4+)

• Exposure to wealth management, platform, or network models
• Experience supporting regulatory reviews or audits
• Project or data qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, analytics training)

The base

You'll be based at the Benchmark Head Office, within our Broadlands Business Campus near Horsham in West Sussex but will need to be present across our other offices, including the main Schroders headquarters in London. It has high standards and international reputation, without being in the city: a big, countryside campus means life will feel a little different.

We support our offices by using cutting edge software and hardware and our spacious campus facilities mean there's a great working environment for the team. With an on-site restaurant, coffee shop and gym, our campus has much to offer. And commuters can relax on our dedicated regular shuttle bus to and from Horsham’s main line train station.

About Benchmark Capital

Benchmark is one of the UK’s leading financial planning businesses, aiming to help our clients realise aspirations and achieve peace of mind. We do this through our unique business model which provides support to over 1000 financial planners across our employed, self-employed and independent models. Our solutions are award-winning, enabled by proprietary technology covering regulatory, platform and investment services, all of which are designed to support advisers at every stage of their journey – from starting their career, improving how they run productively and effectively, to accelerating growth and ultimately thinking about succession planning.

We are growing rapidly, with more than 50 acquisitions in recent years and have multiple offices across the UK.

Delivering good client outcomes is at the heart of everything we do. Our duty of care, including support for vulnerable customers, is embedded into our culture and decision‑making.

As part of the Schroders Group, the UK’s largest listed asset manager with over £750bn of assets, Benchmark benefits from a focussed business model with clear accountability with the scale of a global services organisation.

We're looking for the best, whoever they are

We know that diverse perspectives and an inclusive culture where all can succeed lead to better decisions and stronger outcomes for the company its clients and its employees. That’s why inclusion and diversity are strategic priorities for us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer. You’re welcome at Benchmark regardless of your age, disability, gender identity or expression, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. We’re building a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.