Financial Crime Project Manager - Fixed Term Contract
Fixed Term Contract until end of Dec 2026
About the Role
We’re looking for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of Financial Crime change initiatives that make a real difference to how we protect our organisation and our members. You’ll take projects from initial idea through to successful completion, keeping delivery on track against agreed time, cost and quality standards.
Working within the Financial Crime Unit, you’ll collaborate with colleagues across Technology, Data, Operations and Risk, bringing structure and clarity to complex pieces of work. You’ll make sure governance is followed, progress is transparent and stakeholders feel informed and involved.
A key part of the role is ensuring change lands well. You’ll shape business readiness plans, guide people through transitions and ensure new processes and controls are properly embedded before handing them over to operational teams. Throughout, you’ll use your influencing skills to keep momentum, manage expectations and support good decision‐making.
About You
You’ll bring recognised professional project management experience — PRINCE2, APM, PMI or equivalent and a strong background leading delivery in a regulated environment. You’ll be confident managing the full project lifecycle, from planning and RAID management through to budget oversight, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
You’ll be someone who can work effectively across matrix environments, quickly build credibility with diverse teams and communicate in a way that helps others understand what’s needed and why. Experience with tools such as MS Project, Planner and Power BI will help you keep information structured and accessible.
You’ll also understand what it takes to deliver sustainable change. You know how to prepare colleagues for what’s coming, how to guide them through it, and how to ensure benefits are realised and measured. Strong judgement, organisational discipline and the ability to bring people with you will be essential.
About Us
The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.
Newcastle Strategic Solutions is the UK’s leading savings management platform and one of the North East’s most established and successful FinTechs! We provide savings management and technology services for new challenger banks and established providers across the UK. Our work has earned us an enviable reputation in the market as the best at what we do.
As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.
What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
Financial
- Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
- Annual performance related pay reviews
- Colleague mortgage scheme
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
- Access to our financial advisers
- Access to a range of high street and online discounts
Work/Life Balance
- A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions
- 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
- The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
- Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
- Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood
Health and Wellbeing
- Private medical insurance
- Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
- Access to an employee assistance programme
- Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
- Two paid volunteering days’ each year
- Cycle to work scheme
Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at charlie.mcelhinney@newcastle.co.uk