Financial Crime Compliance, Operations
1 month ago
We are looking for a talented and driven individual to support our 1st Line of Defence (LoD) team by contributing to the performance and enhancement of the Financial Crime, AML & Sanctions compliance function. The role involves assisting in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the financial crime compliance program, including KYC, monitoring, and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic:
- Assist in strengthening our AML & Sanctions frameworks.
- Perform and support KYC/onboarding and AML & sanctions-related investigations and monitoring.
- Collaborate with both the 1st and 2nd LoD to promote a strong compliance culture.
- Conduct KYC checks on third-party customers: verify names and addresses, conduct entity and PEP screening, and build comprehensive customer due diligence profiles.
- Participate in the maker/checker (input/approver) process for various products and manage customer documentation.
- Conduct Quality Assurance reviews of all relevant documentation.
- Approve customers for onboarding in line with risk acceptance standards.
Operational:
- Ensure adherence to 2nd LoD requirements concerning AML & Sanctions policy.
- Support internal audits focused on testing AML and OFAC Sanctions policies and procedures.
- Assist in the execution of day-to-day AML & Sanctions compliance tasks such as:
- AML investigations and disposition of PEP and sanctions hits.
- Conduct KYC due diligence, enhanced due diligence, data research, and mining.
- Handle the associated administration of due diligence tasks, including report drafting and accompanying notes.
- Lead special projects, including drafting internal procedures and policies.
- Analyse and report on financial crime compliance data.
- Create reports based on specified criteria, including advanced reports (e.g. customer profiles, year-on-year growth, etc.).
Leadership:
- Serve as a subject matter expert on new initiatives.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
Experience, Education, and Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of three years’ experience in Banking, Financial Services, or consultancy roles.
- Expertise in financial crime compliance is essential.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong background in Financial Crime Compliance.
- Familiarity with payments, correspondent banking, FX, equity, or derivatives business is advantageous.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and understanding of data analysis concepts (data mining, working with delimited files, etc.).
- Knowledge of Business Intelligence/Data Analytics tools (e.g. Microstrategy) is helpful.
- Ability to manage projects and identify areas for process improvement.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation capabilities.
- Strong relationship management abilities with senior stakeholders.
Success Factors:
- Enthusiastic and passionate about compliance.
- Collaborative and approachable, with a focus on partnership.
- Highly organized and disciplined, with an ability to prioritize and execute controls in a timely manner.
- Trusted to maintain confidentiality and integrity.
- Comfortable working with and interacting with US and UK-based teams.
- Effective under pressure and able to foresee and address challenges proactively.
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