Senior Financial Crime Specialist

1 day ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Compliance Professionals Full time
Job Title: Senior Financial Crime Specialist

The role of a Senior Financial Crime Specialist at Compliance Professionals involves managing risks associated with financial crimes such as money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities. The successful candidate will have experience in 2nd Line Advisory within Financial Crime Compliance and a broad understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends.

The job entails working closely with the Business to identify and mitigate potential risks, providing training and guidance on financial crime risks and control requirements, and conducting regular horizon scanning to stay ahead of emerging financial crime risks and regulatory changes. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for delivering financial crime gap analysis, identifying areas for improvement, and ensuring that the bank remains compliant with evolving regulations. Estimated salary is around £65,000 per annum based on the location and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Act as an escalation point for financial crime compliance queries
  2. Work with the DMLRO to ensure staff in the Bank receive a proper Financial Crime advisory service
  3. Manage KYC, ABC, sanctions and fraud-related escalations
  4. Provide training and guidance to the first line of defence on financial crime risks and control requirements
  5. Perform 2nd line assurance reviews as determined by the financial crime prevention monitoring plan
  6. Maintain strong front office engagement to help identify and facilitate other strategic risk assessments
  7. Partner with other teams across the Bank to deliver enhancements to processes and client experience
  8. Support critical financial crime actions following audits and reviews
  9. Deliver financial crime gap analysis, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring that the bank remains compliant with evolving regulations
  10. Conduct regular horizon scanning to stay ahead of emerging financial crime risks and regulatory changes
  11. Support the DMLRO with the review of Suspicious activity reports, financial crime-related investigations, or any projects as required
  12. Update compliance desktop procedures and record maintenance
  13. Assist with the preparation of regular Management information reports to the Senior Management, Audit committees, the Head Office and other ad hoc reports as required


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