Head of Economic Crime

Lloyds Banking Group

. Lead a team of economic crime experts and influence internal customers across the Group .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeEdinburgh • United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in risk management, particularly in fraud and financial crime, while leading and inspiring high-performing teams. Proficient in designing and implementing automated, sustainable controls that enhance customer experiences and ensure regulatory compliance.

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Risk ManagementFraud PreventionRegulatory ComplianceTeam LeadershipData-Driven Insights

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Hard Skills

Fraud ManagementFinancial Crime PreventionControl DesignPolicy ComplianceGovernanceData AnalysisProcess ReengineeringInnovationCustomer Outcome ImprovementRegulatory Knowledge

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsPresentational SkillsProblem-SolvingInfluenceCollaboration

Industry Keywords

Wealth ManagementInsuranceEconomic CrimeConsumer DutyRisk AppetiteControl EnvironmentCustomer ExperienceGovernance FrameworkData-Led Control TestingHigh-Performing Team

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team of economic crime experts and influence internal customers across the Group
Report directly to the Chief Controls Officer for Wealth & Insurance
Serve as Nominated Senior Manager for Fraud, AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery
Serve as Nominated Officer for Insurance
Design, implement and enhance the end-to-end economic crime control environment
Ensure adherence to regulations, policy and risk appetite
Move controls toward automated, sustainable and scalable solutions
Support leading end-to-end customer experiences through pragmatic decision-making, influence, innovation and change
Deliver a proactive and predictive control culture using data, insights, innovation and technology
Develop ongoing risk-based, data-led control testing and monitoring with risk specialists, Audit and external regulators
Build a high-performing, commercially minded, innovative and customer-first team across core sites, including offshore
Collaborate across Wealth & Insurance and the Group to share lessons learned, best practices and market insights through governance and data

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep (c15 year’s) experience of risk management, particularly fraud and financial crime
Experience in control by design, policy compliance, governance and regulatory knowledge, including consumer duty
Ability to build, lead and inspire an engaged, diverse, solution focused and high performing team both on and offshore
Ability to support Wealth & Insurance business growth by building automated, sustainable and scalable controls
Experience mitigating challenges and driving good customer outcomes, including for vulnerable customers
Previous experience and knowledge of Wealth & Insurance and the technology landscape
Experience redefining and changing businesses sustainably
Experience using data to provide insights, new technologies, process reengineering, innovation and cost of control
Excellent interpersonal and presentational skills
Ability to work across different Group functions
Ability to proactively and pragmatically identify and resolve challenges
Ability to lead ad hoc control-focused initiatives, including targeted testing
Comfort shaping solutions and dealing with ambiguity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working
Job share
Workplace adjustments, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns
Menopause health package
Working with Cancer Initiative
Reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process
Disability Confident Scheme interview guarantee for a fair and proportionate number of applicants meeting minimum criteria
Opportunities to learn, grow and develop
Investment in technologies, workplaces and colleagues