Head of Investigation

**Job***: Compliance

**Primary Location***: Europe & Americas-Jersey-Jersey

**Schedule***: Full-time

**Employee Status***: Permanent

**Posting Date***: 28/Feb/2023, 7:46:22 AM

**Unposting Date***: 14/Mar/2023, 6:59:00 PM

**The Role Responsibilities**
- A Jersey-based role managing Jersey and Falkland Islands Transaction Monitoring and Manual Cases, within the FCC team. The role will cover cases predominantly impacting Jersey and Falklands, but also giving oversight of an offshore team supporting transaction monitoring.

**Strategy**
- Support the vision, strategy, direction, and leadership of Country Head, Jersey FCC team; consistent with Country Head, CFCC’s vision and strategy for the CFCC function and in support of the Bank’s strategic direction and growth aspirations.
- To support the Bank’s Financial Crime Compliance function (FCC) in ensuring that the Bank operates in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements and all Group standards relating to anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML).
- To manage and conduct investigations that detect and report suspicious activity to governmental authorities and enable the Bank to form sound judgments concerning reputational and other risks and meet expectations of regulators and other compliance stakeholders.
- To support the promotion of the business, culture and practice of FCC within the letter and spirit of the law and in accordance with Group standards.
- To drive pro-active and intelligence-led major and significant investigations providing true insight into FCC risk in Jersey.
- In the absence of the Head Jersey FCC, to deputise in all aspects of the role and responsibilities.

**Business**
- Support relevant stakeholders to make decisions based on current and possible future policies, practices, and trends.
- Build and maintain effective and constructive relationships with all key regulatory, business and functional stakeholders that is based on trust, capability and integrity.
- Providing timely, responsive and quality regulatory compliance advice and guidance to enable the business and functions to meet/ achieve their strategic and tactical objectives.

**Processes**
- Follow and comply with AML/CTF/CDD/Sanctions policies and procedures where applicable to BAU activities.
- Support in creating/recommending Fraud and ABC Policies/processes.
- Provide advice to relevant stakeholders on compliance with Group standards relating to AML.
- Wherever applicable ensure external SAR reports are properly prepared and filed with the applicable law enforcers as per local regulation requirements.
- Keep proper records and registers for all AML and CTF investigations.
- Respond promptly to any regulatory requests relating to AML and CTF.
- Follow and comply with AML/CTF/CDD/Sanctions policies and procedures where applicable to business as usual (BAU) activities.
- Ensure any investigative work which would fall under the scope of FCC Act is properly captured and oversees the relevant OR processes and controls
- Work with Country Compliance in respect of client CDD related issues and processes

**People and Talent**
- Provide leadership, management and coaching to direct reports to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential.
- Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal and regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
- Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritization, deadline management and efficient, effective streamlined workflows are the norm.
- Collaborate with training teams to input into training curriculum to support closing of capability gaps
- Ensure participation on appropriate FCC awareness & training sessions.
- Champion and act as a role model of the Group’s values and culture in the region
- Create a culture of operational and service excellence in the Team
- Set the appropriate tone and expectations for the team
- Employ, engage, and retain high performance people, to maximise the success of design and delivery with succession planning for critical roles
- Ensure team structure/capacity is reviewed to enable delivery of client outcomes
- Ensure the provision of on-going training & development
- Ensure that direct reports are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles and that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risk
- Create a motivational and challenging environment for staff which is conducive to creativity and performance with client-centricity in mind
- Set effective metrics and standards, transparently communicating these to team members, providing feedback and rewarding employees accordingly
- Promote and embed a culture of openness, collaboration, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.

**Risk Management**
- Understand technical aspects of systems relevant to CDD, Client Risk Assessments, Name and Transaction Screening, AML Monitor