Risk Manager – Financial Crime / AML & KYC
For our client, we are looking for an experienced Risk Manager within Financial Crime to provide risk advisory support to the business within Economic Crime Prevention.
We are looking for a consultant with strong experience in risk management combined with AML/KYC and Financial Crime, preferably from banking or another highly regulated financial environment.
About the Assignment
The consultant will act as a trusted risk advisor to senior business stakeholders and support the organization in identifying, assessing and managing financial crime and fraud-related risks.
The role has a strong 1st Line of Defence (1LoD) focus and includes risk assessments, control design
and effectiveness, findings and incident management, regulatory advisory and risk reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, define and manage Financial Crime risks covering areas such as AML, KYC, CTF, sanctions and PEP
- Translate Financial Crime policies and regulatory requirements into practical risk frameworks and controls
- Conduct and facilitate Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA)
- Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders and challenge risk assessments and ratings
- Identify emerging Financial Crime risks arising from new products, customer segments, geographies and regulatory developments
- Review the design and operating effectiveness of 1LoD Financial Crime controls
- Assess controls against regulatory requirements and internal policies
- Support and challenge control owners in developing appropriate and measurable controls
- Support maintenance of Financial Crime risk and control frameworks
- Manage findings and issues raised by Compliance, Internal Audit and regulatory authorities
- Coordinate remediation activities and track findings through to closure
- Support Financial Crime incident management, including root cause analysis, impact assessments and corrective actions
- Provide Financial Crime risk advice to business managers and senior stakeholders
- Support risk assessments relating to new products, services and strategic initiatives
- Support preparations for regulatory inspections, Compliance reviews and Internal Audit
- Develop and communicate Financial Crime risk reporting, including KRIs, control results, issues and RCSA outputs
- Translate complex risk information into clear management-level recommendations
- Monitor relevant EU and local Financial Crime regulatory developments and translate these into actionable guidance
Required Experience
- Strong professional experience within Risk Management
- Experience within Financial Crime / Financial Crime Prevention
- Good knowledge and practical experience of AML
- Good knowledge and practical experience of KYC
- Experience with risk and control frameworks in a regulated environment
- Experience conducting or facilitating RCSAs
- Experience assessing the design and effectiveness of controls
- Experience managing risk findings, issues, remediation and/or operational incidents
- Strong understanding of the Three Lines of Defence model, particularly 1LoD risk management
- Experience working with senior business stakeholders
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders without direct authority
- Experience from banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment
- Strong written and spoken English
Highly Relevant / Meritorious Experience
Experience within one or several of the following areas is highly relevant:
- Sanctions
- Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF)
- PEP-related risk
- Fraud risk
- Financial Crime control frameworks
- Regulatory inspections and remediation
- Internal Audit / Compliance findings
- Risk appetite and tolerance frameworks
- KRI and management risk reporting
- New Product Approval / product risk assessments
- AMLD / AMLA
- EBA guidelines
- FATF standards
Personal Profile
We are looking for a consultant who is:
- Analytical and structured
- Pragmatic and solution-oriented
- Confident in challenging senior stakeholders
- Able to build credibility and influence without formal authority
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership
- Strong at translating complex regulatory and risk topics into practical business guidance
- Collaborative and comfortable working across business, Risk, Compliance and Audit
Assignment Details
Start: ASAP / by agreement
End: 31 December 2026
Scope: 100%
Location: Stockholm
Hybrid: At least 60% onsite
Competence level: C
Submission
Please submit:
- CV in Word format
- Short motivation in English describing the consultant's relevant experience in Risk Management and Financial Crime/AML/KYC
- Requested hourly rate
- Availability / earliest possible start date
Please ensure that the submitted profile clearly demonstrates the required experience, particularly within Risk Management, AML/KYC and Financial Crime. Profiles that do not include the requested information may not be considered.
If you have any questions regarding the assignment, please feel free to contact me.