Financial Crime Compliance, Operations

1 month ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Investigo Full time

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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