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Pre-Offer Checks for SMF Candidates
Pre-Offer Checks for SMF Candidates: A Recruiter’s Checklist By the time a firm makes an offer to a Senior Manager candidate, the checks that decide whether…
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Your MLRO Has Resigned: A 30-Day Plan
Your MLRO Has Resigned: A 30-Day Cover and Recruitment Plan When a Money Laundering Reporting Officer hands in their notice, the clock starts on several things…
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Banks and Building Societies: Dual-Regulated SMF Hiring
Banks and Building Societies: How Dual-Regulated Senior Manager Appointments Work Banks and building societies were the first firms to come under the Senior Managers regime, and…
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Interviewing an SMF Candidate: Questions That Matter
Interviewing a Senior Manager Candidate: The Questions That Reveal Readiness A Senior Manager interview has two audiences. The firm needs to know whether the candidate can…
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Statements of Responsibilities: Writing One That Works
Statements of Responsibilities: How to Write One That Works Every Senior Manager signs a Statement of Responsibilities. It sets out exactly what they’re accountable for, and…
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The Finance Team Behind Your SMF16/17 Holder
We’ve written in detail on this site about what makes a strong SMF16 or SMF17 candidate individually. What we haven’t covered is that a compliance officer…
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SMF3 or SMF18? Getting the Designation Right Before You Recruit
We’ve written before about SMF18 as SMCR’s genuine catch-all — the designation that closes accountability gaps for senior managers with overall responsibility for a key activity…
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Why an SMF2 Search Should Start With a CFO Recruiter, Not a Generalist
Meta Title: SMF2 Searches Need a CFO Recruiter, Not a Generalist Meta Description: Why filling the SMF2 Chief Finance function well depends on genuine CFO recruitment…
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The Chair-CEO Chemistry Problem in SMF Appointments
The Chair-CEO Chemistry Problem in SMF Appointments We’ve written at length on this site about what SMF9 and SMF1 individually require — the fit and proper…
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What SMF Roles Actually Pay in 2026: The Real Numbers
What SMF Roles Actually Pay in 2026: The Real Numbers “What should we budget for this?” is one of the first questions on nearly every SMF…
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How Long Does an SMF Board Appointment Actually Take?
How Long Does an SMF Board Appointment Actually Take? “How quickly can we get someone in place?” is almost always the second question a board asks,…
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Regulatory Reporting: Who Actually Supports Your SMF16 and SMF17
Regulatory Reporting: Who Actually Supports Your SMF16 and SMF17 We spend a lot of time on this site talking about the individuals who hold Senior Manager…
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