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Policy & Governance Assistant Manager (Economic Crime Prevention)

Full Time

Job Description

End Date

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Salary Range

£44,901 - £49,890

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Job Description Summary

Join our Consumer Financial Crime Policy & Governance team, helping to strengthen risk management, governance and control frameworks across Economic Crime Prevention. You'll work with stakeholders across the business to translate regulatory requirements into practical solutions that support effective decision-making and regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Assistant Manager, Policy & Governance – Economic Crime Prevention (Grade D)  

SALARY: £44,901 – £49,890 pa 
LOCATION: Birmingham, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester , Glasgow, Hove, Newport, Halifax, Cardiff or Edinburgh 
HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week  
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of our office sites.  

 

ABOUT THE ROLE  

We have two exciting opportunities available within our Policy & Governance team, part of our Economic Crime Prevention function. These roles sit within Consumer Financial Crime and form part of a growing first line of defence team responsible for strengthening governance, risk management and control oversight across the business.  

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and evolving team that plays a central role in helping the business understand, manage and respond to financial crime risks. Working across Policy & Governance and Risk Management activities, you’ll help ensure that regulatory requirements are translated into practical, effective solutions that support both customer outcomes and business objectives.  

 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING 

  • Support the development, maintenance and embedding of Financial Crime policies and governance frameworks  

  • Assess the impact of policy changes and regulatory developments  

  • Conduct risk assessments and support the design of effective controls  

  • Provide oversight of policy exceptions, governance activity and remediation actions  

  • Support governance forums, audit activity and regulatory engagement  

  • Build effective working relationships across the business  

 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED 

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. While this role may reference a suggested range of experience in years, this is intended as a guide only. What matters most is that you can demonstrate the essential skills outlined. If you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.  

Essential:  
 

  • 3-4 years of experience in Financial Crime, Risk, Policy, Governance or Control roles  

  • Strong understanding of AML, Sanctions or wider Economic Crime risks  

  • Knowledge of operational risk or control frameworks and demonstrable ability to assess risk and design effective controls  

  • Strong written communication and critical thinking skills 

  • Evidenced confidence in analysing problems and developing practical solutions  

And any experience of these would be great 

  • An interest in using data, automation or AI to improve outcomes  

  • ICA, ACAMS or similar qualifications  

  • Experience supporting audits or governance committees  

 

WHY JOIN US?  

This is an opportunity to play a critical role in protecting our customers and the Group from financial crime, while helping shape how risk, governance and policy are managed across the organisation! 

 

We want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is any reasonable adjustments we could offer to make the sure the assessment process works for you.  

 

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: 
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%  
• An annual performance-related bonus  
• Share schemes including free shares  
• Flexible benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle  
• 28 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays  
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies  
  

Ready to make an impact? Apply today! 

 

 

 

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Lloyds Banking Group
About Lloyds Banking Group

 

We're changing financial services, and we want you to join us.

We're the UK's largest financial services group, with our 25 million customers and a history stretching back more than 300 years.

We pride ourselves on creating a great environment for colleagues to work in, one which is inclusive and driven by our values. This is critical to our business success as we know that colleagues who can show up to work as themselves are those that bring their best.

We're an inclusive and open organisation with a scale that creates a vast range of roles and opportunities. We offer a plenty of options for continual personal growth and you'll be part of a culture which embraces diversity of talent, creativity, skills and thinking among our teams.

 

 

Workplace Initiatives

Opportunities for people returning from a career break

Yes our Returner opportunities offer a career path to candidates with a 18 month year break in their career’ with ‘Yes, our Returner opportunities are aimed at candidates who have had a 18 month or more career break

Leadership development programmes?

Yes

Mentoring programmes?

Yes

Coaching programmes?

Yes

Employee-led diversity networks?

Yes

Internal women’s networking groups?

Yes

Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage?

Yes

No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary:

 20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate

Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave:

No qualifying service period

No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary:

6 weeks

Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave:

No qualifying service period

Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022

Average pay gap:

 30.5%

Median pay gap:

33.6%

Average bonus gap:

 62.5%

Median bonus gap:

69.5%

Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter?

Yes

Targets to raise the number of women in leadership?

Yes

Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership?

Yes

Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index?

Yes

Flexible Working Policy

We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.

For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.

 

Flexible Working Policy

We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.

For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.

Returner opportunities

Returning to work after time away can be challenging. That’s why we offer Returner opportunities that are designed to assist people returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more and our roles are permanent from the day one. Whether you’ve been away from work due to parenthood, illness, or even travel, we’re looking forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow!

What can you expect?

Coming back into the world of work after a career break can be really daunting – and we therefore know how important flexibility is. We’re very aware that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, so will happily have the discussion about different working patterns with you.

These roles have been created with your career break in mind, making sure we are there to support you in your transition back to work. You will be brought in on a permanent contract and given meaningful work from day one. Plus, you’ll be paired with a buddy or mentor from your team to help guide you along the way. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community and have the chance to create a personal development plan that works for you.

Who are we looking for?

While banking or professional services experience is desirable, especially for some roles, we care more about the transferable skills you can bring to our business.

Testimonials

I had a good network of colleagues already working for Lloyds Banking Group, who were all very passionate about their roles - so it felt the right choice for me and gave me the courage to apply for a Business Analyst role through the Returners. It was a seamless recruitment experience and I was offered a role in the work I wanted to do.

Olufunke Oladinni, Business Analyst


I love being a Project Manager, and I can’t recommend the Lloyds Banking Group Returners enough. It’ll springboard your career, giving you the best opportunity to relaunch yourself and maximise your full potential.

Justin Pierce, Project Manager



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