Consultant, Financial Crime Compliance

London

**Advisory Solutions - Consultant, Financial Crime Compliance**
**Job Location**: London
At Exiger we work everyday to make the world a safer place to do business. Our experts and technology help clients prevent breaches, respond to risk, remediate issues and monitor activities. We are searching for people who think creatively to solve complex problems related to governance, risk and compliance thus delivering first class solutions for our corporate and government partners.
Exiger’s core values are courage, excellence, expertise, innovation, integrity, teamwork and trust.
**About Exiger Advisory Solutions**
Exiger Advisory Solutions comprises the Financial Crime Compliance and Analytics practices.
**Financial Crime Compliance**: Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) focuses on providing clients with practical solutions to challenges in anti-money laundering, sanctions and anti-bribery & corruption compliance programs based on the deep expertise of Exiger’s career FCC professionals. Examples of engagements include: developing and executing risk assessments; reviewing policy and procedures; designing or conducting monitoring and testing; supporting KYC, transaction monitoring or sanctions screening processes and managing remediations; developing and delivering training; and developing and implementing compliance testing programs.
**Analytics**: This practice area is focused on advising clients on the use of analytical techniques, technology and data management to solve data-driven problems deriving from financial crime compliance and regulatory investigations. Typical projects entail using Exiger’s artificial intelligence document review platform to provide investigative support, structured data access, transaction monitoring/filtering system functional testing, risk modeling and model validations.
A Consultant in Exiger Advisory Solutions supports Exiger’s financial crime compliance capabilities by performing key activities including KYC file reviews, transaction monitoring alert reviews and investigations, suspicious activity report filing, sanctions screening alert reviews, as well as general FCC programme support. A Consultant also plays a role in Exiger’s business development and client support functions.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Reviewing existing KYC data to identify potential gaps within the file. Performing investigative research to enrich customer files within the KYC process.
- Reviewing potential sanctions screening alerts to identify customers who are conducting business in sanctioned countries or with sanctioned parties.
- Reviewing alerted transactional activity in search of potentially suspicious activity, such as money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Performing technical, industry, and company research using online tools and publicly available information, executes work plans to assess complex questions of fact, assists in preparing reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
- Performing day-to-day activities in support of consulting projects, including interacting with client personnel, other team members, and professionals from other firms involved in the engagement.
- Preparing proposals and client-ready presentations and quantitative exhibits on the project scope and findings.
- Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with colleagues and clients.

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Excellent and demonstrated analytical ability.
- Strong and demonstrated written communication, editing and oral communication skills.
- Strong commitment to continuous improvement and learning, with an openness to receiving feedback and training.
- Strong attention to detail, focus on execution of tasks, and adaptability to meet changing priorities.
- Commitment to final deliverables and ability to focus on end goal.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, plan work activities and use time efficiently.
- Experience working with the online information resources commonly used in investigative research (e.g. LexisNexis, Westlaw, and Factiva).
- Working knowledge of anti-money laundering, sanctions and anti-bribery & corruption regulatory requirements.

**Professional Experience Required**
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 1 - 2 years of prior financial crime compliance related experience required.
- Additional language skills are a plus.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.