Over the last year, combating and preventing financial crime has become a top priority within the financial services industry.
Market abuse and financial misconduct increased during the global pandemic, namely due to the rise in digital transactions, the operational difficulties of remote working, and global economic volatility.
These combined factors allowed criminals to exploit gaps in controls and made monitoring unusual activity particularly challenging. As such, despite a notable lack of hiring across the financial services industry last year, financial crime professionals have remained in steady demand.
There are ample roles within the financial crime space from head of financial crime, to a financial crime lawyer, to financial crime analyst. Whether you're looking for new talent to join your team or are a professional seeking a role, have a look through our our salary survey, which highlights industry average compensation for financial crime professionals.
Average Salaries for Financial Crime Professionals
Investment Management
Job Title | Basic Salary Per Annum (£) |
Financial Crime Assistant | 45 - 60K |
Financial Crime Manager / AVP | 55 - 85K |
Financial Crime Senior Manager / VP | 70 - 110K |
Financial Crime Director | 100 - 160K |
EMEA Head of Financial Crime | 145 - 250K |
Global Head of Financial Crime | 180 - 300K+ |
Fintech
Job Title | Basic Salary Per Annum (£) |
Financial Crime Assistant | 30 - 45K |
Financial Crime Manager / AVP | 45 - 70K |
Financial Crime Senior Manager / VP | 70 - 120K |
Financial Crime Director | 100 - 150K |
EMEA Head of Financial Crime | 140 - 240K |
Global Head of Financial Crime | 180 - 250K+ |
Insurance
Job Title | Basic Salary Per Annum (£) |
Financial Crime Assistant | 30 - 45K |
Financial Crime Manager / AVP | 45 - 70K |
Financial Crime Senior Manager / VP | 70 - 100K |
Financial Crime Director | 100 - 130K |
EMEA Head of Financial Crime | 120 - 180K |
Global Head of Financial Crime | 170 - 240K |
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Disclaimer
This salary survey is designed to represent an indication of the most up to date compensation information available relating to Financial Crime professionals across the UK financial services market. It is important to note that these are not definitive and exceptions do exist at either end of the salary spectrum. The firm size/headcount and jurisdictional coverage, risk profile, product complexity, profitability, experience, strategies and other elements will all feed into a more accurate market rate. This survey is intended to provide guidelines. For a more definitive assessment, please contact one of our consultants.
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