Onboarding & Financial Crime Specialist

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Mettle Full time
Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.


This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as an Onboarding & Financial Crime Specialist

  • We'll look to you to perform due diligence checks for our new customers, making sure that they meet all regulatory requirements
  • You'll be using this intelligence to detect individuals and groups of customers which are potentially engaged in money laundering
  • This is a chance to achieve excellent exposure, as you liaise with stakeholders, and act as a visible presence and ambassador for this area

What you'll do:


As an Onboarding & Financial Crime Specialist, you'll be conducting and documenting targeted and thorough investigations into our customers and the activity seen on their bank accounts.

You'll be gathering information from publicly available resources, the customer, their relationship manager and internal systems.


As well as this, you'll be producing high quality Suspicious Activity Reports (SARS) and internal reports or briefings with appropriate recommendations, lessons learned and suggested remedial actions arising as an output of your investigation.

You'll also be

  • Maintaining up to date knowledge of AML and CDD requirements
  • Examining client information and documentation, making sure that they're adequate and appropriate
  • Performing checks on the information the client provides as well as assessing political exposure, adverse media and sanctions connections
  • Managing and prioritising your workload and working with the wider Ops and Product team to continuously improve and identify process inefficiencies

The skills you'll need:


To succeed in this role, you'll need experience in financial crime investigations gained in the banking industry, law enforcement, the military, government or another public body.

You'll need developed investigative skills, preferably with a focus on financial investigations.

Ideally, you'll hold an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) qualification such as a Diploma in AML or from the Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).


You'll also demonstrate:

  • The ability to work independently
  • A keen knowledge of banking systems
  • Experience of working with large and complex data sets
  • A passion for detecting and preventing financial crime

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