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Hiring Your First Senior Manager: Making the Case
Hiring Your First Senior Manager: How to Make the Case to the FCA Some of the best Senior Manager appointments go to people who have never…
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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
The Finance Team Behind Your SMF16 and SMF17 Holder A compliance officer or MLRO is only as effective as the information they work with. Much of…
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SMF3 or SMF18? Getting the Designation Right Before You Recruit
SMF3 or SMF18? Getting the Designation Right Before You Recruit SMF3, the Executive Director function, and SMF18, Other Overall Responsibility, are both broad functions that catch…
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Why an SMF2 Search Should Start With a CFO Recruiter, Not a Generalist
Why an SMF2 Search Should Start With a CFO Recruiter, Not a Generalist The SMF2 Chief Finance function is a regulatory designation, but the job underneath…
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The Chair-CEO Chemistry Problem in SMF Appointments
The Chair-CEO Chemistry Problem in SMF Appointments Much is written about what the SMF9 chair and SMF1 chief executive each need individually: 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?” is one of the first questions on almost every SMF brief, usually…
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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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