Economic Crime Risk & Control Manager

For this role you’ll naturally lead, mentor and inspire others, sharing knowledge to help strengthen the organisation and its economic crime model. You’ll be naturally analytical and highly organised, you work independently with strong attention to detail and clear communication skills. You’ll make evidence‑based decisions and apply risk and compliance practices pragmatically.

For this role you’ll need to have:

• Recent experience of leading a team within a regulated industry.
• Strong, current knowledge of the economic crime space across AML and sanctions with practical experience of working in risk and/or advisory.
• Experience working within projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• An extensive practical knowledge of economic crime techniques and processes to mitigate risks.
• The ability to lead the creation of insights and spot areas of opportunity for improvement, proactively.
• The knowledge to identify trends within root causes and understand the wider implications of a problem.
• Excellent communication skills both internally and externally with the ability to persuade and influence at all levels as well as strong stakeholder management skills.

Experience in these areas would be helpful:

• Experience working within the fraud space, with recent experience of emerging threats.
• Strong report writing skills and experience creating formal documentation to support with the mitigation of risk.
• Experience working to time sensitive deadlines, with an ability to self-prioritise workload where appropriate.

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK’s original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey.

Trusted by over four million people, we’re a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing. 

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.                 

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.