Financial Crime Compliance Officer

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Ebury Full time

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

**Financial Crime Compliance Officer**

**London - 4 days in the office**

Ebury Mass Payments (EMP) is the premier non-bank provider of high volume currency and payment solutions. The division operates in 5 of the 24 Ebury offices and has made a recent acquisition which will dramatically accelerate growth.

**The Role**

The FCC officer will work closely with the Head of Compliance and MLRO in a hybrid role between the firm's London and High Wycombe offices.

**Role requirements**:

- Must have basic knowledge of international sanction regulations (UN, EU, UK and US)
- Must have previous experience CDD / EDD requirements in the UK.
- Must be a team player but can adapt to work independently when required
- Can demonstrate the ability to effectively manage stakeholder expectations
- Ability to adapt to a fast changing global business environment
- Must be able to work well under pressure and be proactive in completing cases under time sensitive conditions
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
- High competency in Microsoft Office suite and Google Docs software (desired)
- Compliance qualification (ICA or equivalent) (desired)

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring that financial crime risks in transactions, sanctions, EDD, screening and PEP escalations are identified, assessed, managed and reported in a timely manner;
- Responsible for efficiently managing cases in workflow and being proactive in helping with ad-hoc tasks;
- Conducting end-to-end financial crime risk assessments on new and existing clients;
- Reviewing financial crime red flags raised by the first line of defence;
- Making decisions/recommendations on appropriate actions in relation to financial crime issues raised within the escalation framework;
- Present FC risk assessments and recommendations to senior stakeholders;
- Articulating policy and regulatory requirements that the firm complies with to the front office and operational KYC teams;
- Assisting the HoC / MLRO building out new policies and procedures;
- Carry out daily Horizon Scanning to ensure that Ebury's Policies, Procedures and Controls remain fit for purpose in light of any relevant regulatory updates;
- Develop and draft Compliance policies and procedures, outlining firm policies, regulations and best practices;
- Maintain and develop Compliance owned procedures in relation to activities such as Country Risk
- Scoring, Product Risk Assessment and Customer Risk Rating Methodology;
- Create, update and deliver financial crime training materials as well as identifying new areas where the business may require training due to emerging risks and trends.

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**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
- We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future._

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