Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring and Screening Lead

About the role

The Transaction Monitoring and Screening Lead will act as the Business Owner for Aberdeen's screening and transaction monitoring capability, with full accountability for the strategic direction, functional ownership, and business governance of Aberdeen's screening tools and supporting systems across the firm's Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) control environment. The role is responsible for ensuring that all tools operate in line with regulatory expectations across AML, sanctions, and fraud, while effectively supporting business operations and remaining aligned to Aberdeen's technical, governance, and commercial frameworks. As the single point of accountability for functionality and performance, the role will lead the delivery of regulatory-driven enhancements, optimisation initiatives, and evolving business use cases. This includes close partnership with first-line teams, second-line AFC, technology functions, and external vendors to ensure the ongoing effectiveness, resilience, and continuous improvement of screening and transaction monitoring services across the Group.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Ownership & Direction
• Governance, Oversight & Stakeholder Management
• Requirements, Change & Product Lifecycle Management
• Financial & Commercial Ownership
• Operational Alignment & Performance

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Additional Information

Job Description At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs: interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them. Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers. Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

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