Financial Crime Risk Manager (Insolvency & Restructuring)

Join our team as a Financial Crime Risk Manager specializing in Insolvency & Restructuring. In this role, you will provide embedded, chargeable specialist support directly to live insolvency appointments. You will lead the delivery of first-line financial crime support across engagements, working closely with Insolvency Practitioners, directors, and case teams to identify, assess, and resolve financial crime risks. You will also oversee case-level responses to AML, sanctions, due diligence, and suspicious activity risks, ensuring regulatory compliance while maintaining momentum on complex and time-sensitive appointments.

• Act as the embedded first-line financial-crime specialist on insolvency and restructuring appointments, identifying, assessing, and resolving AML, sanctions, fraud, and other financial-crime risks on complex and often time-critical cases.
• Exercise delegated first-line decision-making authority, making case-level judgements on client due diligence, sanctions exposure, suspicious activity, screening outcomes, and risk mitigations.
• Advise partners, directors, and case teams on financial-crime strategy, analysing intelligence, documentation, and stakeholder information to identify red flags, recommend pragmatic actions, and balance regulatory compliance with commercial delivery of the appointment.
• Proven ability to act as an embedded first‑line specialist, making case‑level financial‑crime decisions within delegated authority
• Confident adviser to IPs, partners, and case teams on live, high‑risk engagements
• Sound understanding of regulatory, ethical, and escalation requirements, with strong judgement and documentation standards
• Strong hands‑on experience in financial‑crime risk management, including AML, sanctions, due diligence, and suspicious‑activity matters within complex or high‑risk environments. AML, CDD diploma qualifications
• Experience working with insolvency, restructuring, or other high‑risk advisory engagements
• Familiarity with sanctions regimes, complex ownership structures, and international risk exposure
• Confidence making and documenting risk‑based judgements in fast‑moving, ambiguous situations
• Ability to clearly explain financial‑crime risks and decisions to non‑specialists
• An interest in developing deeper technical expertise while working closely with senior stakeholders