Financial Crime Officer

5 days ago


Brentwood, United Kingdom Shawbrook Bank Full time

The Opportunity

Shawbrook is a new type of specialist financial services company, combining the relentless focus on customer service and innovation you would expect from a fintech with the expertise and certainty of a bank. Shawbrook is driven by a purpose to solve complex problems that unlock opportunity for its rapidly growing customer base of over 300,000 UK consumers and businesses.

Our success would not have been possible without our Team. Our people differentiate us from the competition through their deep sector knowledge, they are the life force of our business.

Join Shawbrook because you:

- Want to help us deepen our industry sector knowledge, combining technology alongside the best banking brains.
- Want to build a bank for the future and be part of our digital transformation journey that will enable customers & businesses to thrive.
- Want to continue to grow professionally. We encourage you to grow and be the best version of yourself.
- Care about sustainability? We want to be better for our people, environment and society.
- Bring passion and enjoyment to your work. You’ll work hard but you’ll have fun too.

The Role & Responsibilities

We are currently looking to appoint a Financial Crime Officer to support the business in the prevention, detection and investigation of financial crime issues and the remediation of related regulatory processes. This is will include providing guidance and input to the businesses, supporting regulatory engagement on specific financial crime issues and ensuring that potential issues are brought to the attention of the relevant business areas. You will undertake Quality Control Testing that will assess team adherence to Regulatory processes and provide support and coaching to the teams in ensuring the necessary “know your Customer” and “Customer Due Diligence” Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), sanctions etc. is carried out on all clients.
- To have an excellent understanding of all KYC, CDD & EDD requirements of the Bank.
- Support the Financial Crime Team, PF with delivery of appropriate Financial Crime policies and procedures to ensure compliance with internal Bank standards and external regulation, including (but not limited to) AML, Fraud (internal and external), Anti-Bribery & Corruption, POCA
- Support best practice in AML/KYC compliance across Business Finance through training and oversight of QA outcomes to ensure recommendations are implemented appropriately.
- Support best practice in financial crime compliance by promoting a positive image of financial crime and promoting high standards across all business areas. Ensuring staff are aware of and are competent in implementing the relevant financial crime policies and procedures.
- Ensure that all relevant investigations are completed within timescales. Undertaking relevant checks directly with clients, Central Financial Crime or Enforcement Agencies where appropriate.
- To build and maintain a monthly MI reporting suite of all financial crime related matters.
- To refer any unusual or especially complex issues to our central compliance team, explaining the issue, making recommendations and being able to communicate back findings to the relevant team.
- Timely completion of ongoing PEP/Sanction monitoring and ensuring transactional monitoring reviews are undertaken.
- To provide input into a periodic financial crime bulletin including relevant case studies either within the business or national and internationally reported cases
- Ensure all relevant Quality Assurance Testing is undertaken in a robust and timely manner.
- To be flexible with responsibilities and have a positive attitude towards any changes to role, company/departmental objectives, priorities and targets.
- Ensure that the operation meets all overseas client regulatory requirements (ie CRS/FATCA & HMRC)
- Pro-active management of Dormancy/Unclaimed Balance Account ensuring that correct actions are taken on the account to restrict any possible financial crime
- Maintain effective relationships with the management, team leaders and staff to ensure that the key aims of the Bank are achieved.

The Person
- Solid financial crime experience gained within a financial services environment is essential.
- Good product and sector knowledge of the broad financial services regulatory regime.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of quality control requirements in financial services operations for both phones and back-office processes.
- Working knowledge of relevant UK Financial Crime regulations, obligations and industry best practice relating to POCA, ML regulations, Fraud Act, Bribery Act, Terrorism Act, FCA Handbook content and JMLSG as well as other relevant financial crime legislation.
- Influencing and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience of dealing with Corporate structures

Reward

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind.



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