Financial Crime Compliance Manager

Job Description

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

The Financial Crime Compliance Manager is responsible for leading the implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of the Vodafone Business financial crime compliance programme, with a primary focus on anti-bribery and corruption and broader financial crime risks.

What you’ll do

The role provides expert advice and challenge to business stakeholders, ensuring financial crime risks are appropriately identified, assessed and managed, while supporting compliant business growth across Vodafone Business products and operations.

The role translates complex regulatory requirements into practical controls, guidance and risk mitigation strategies, driving the effectiveness and maturity of the Compliance Management System.

The role also provides 2nd Line oversight and assurance, monitors emerging regulatory developments and supports the business in maintaining effective financial crime governance in line with Vodafone’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations.

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the financial crime compliance programme.
• Partner with business leaders, product teams, and Vodafone Business Units to identify, assess and manage financial crime risks across products, services, customers, third parties and strategic initiatives.
• Provide effective 2nd line oversight and challenge, ensuring that financial crime risks are appropriately governed, controls remain effective and material issues are escalated through the appropriate channels.
• Coordinate financial crime risk assessments, investigations, and remediation programmes, tracking actions to completion and driving sustainable improvement in the control environment.
• Maintain awareness of emerging regulatory developments, enforcement trends and industry best practices, translating these into practical guidance and compliance requirements that support compliant business growth.
• Maintain effective oversight of material financial crime risks, with agreed mitigation plans in place and high-risk remediation actions delivered within agreed target timelines.
• Ensure financial crime governance, assurance and compliance monitoring activities are completed on schedule, with timely closure of audit, regulatory and control findings.
• Achieve high levels of stakeholder confidence by providing timely, commercially focused financial crime advice that supports business objectives while managing regulatory risk.

Who you are

• Significant experience in ABC advice within complex multinational organisations
• Experience in changing behaviours, training and communications is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is mandatory, with additional language skills an advantage.
• Demonstrable experience advising on financial crime risks associated with large scale infrastructure, telecommunications or subsea cable operations, including joint ventures, consortium arrangements and cross-border regulatory considerations (advantageous).
• Relevant degree in accounting, law or another discipline, or compliance qualification/certification

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.