Financial Crime Director

About the team

Our Financial Crime team supports regulated and non-regulated clients across:

• Anti-money laundering (AML)
• Sanctions and proliferation financing
• Fraud and economic crime
• Anti‑bribery and corruption
• Market abuse and conduct risk
• Skilled Person Reviews (s166)
• Financial crime transformation and remediation
• Financial crime governance and operating models
• Customer risk assessment and due diligence
• Financial crime technology and data

About the role

• Develop and execute the financial crime growth strategy.
• Build long‑term client relationships.
• Lead significant client engagements.
• Develop market‑leading solutions.
• Support the growth and development of our people.
• Expand our financial crime capabilities across international member firms.

What we are looking for

• Strong technical expertise with commercial awareness, leadership capability and passion for building teams and growing a business.
• Credibility to engage senior stakeholders while being approachable, collaborative and committed to developing others.
• Significant experience within financial crime consulting, financial services or a regulatory environment.
• Proven experience leading large and complex client engagements.
• Demonstrable business development and revenue generation experience.
• Experience building and maintaining senior client relationships.
• Strong people leadership and coaching skills.
• Deep knowledge of UK financial crime regulation and industry expectations.
• Experience across multiple financial crime disciplines.
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge constructively.
• Highly desirable: Experience leading regulatory reviews, Skilled Person reviews or remediation programmes.
• Experience presenting to Boards and Executive Committees.
• Existing market profile through industry events, publications or thought leadership.
• Experience managing multi‑jurisdictional engagements and working across international networks.
• Professional qualifications such as ICA, ACAMS, ACCA or equivalent.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio‑economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential.