Financial Crime Officer
  • England,London
  • full-time
  • Competitive salary
Job Description:
Key responsibilities: 
*Act as a Subject Matter Expert on AML, CTF, PEPs and Sanctions for the Business, MLRO and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. Internal/External Audit.
*Provide timely advice to the business on high risk client onboarding/review referrals, such as, PEPs and higher risk clients and third parties subject to Enhanced Due Diligence requirements. 
*Timely investigate any referrals to Financial Crime by the business in relations to potential suspicious activity, higher risk payments and sanction true matches.
*Management and maintenance of the AML, CTF and Sanction policies, as well as all relevant PEP procedures, and provide guidance to the business and all other relevant stakeholders on the application of such policies and procedures in order to minimise the Firm’s Financial Crime risk.
*Management and maintenance of all relevant training programs from an AML, CTF, PEP and Sanctions perspective in order to adequately meet the training needs of the Business and other relevant stakeholders.
*Keep track of regulatory and legislative developments, as well as best practices relating to AML, CTF, PEPs and Sanctions and suggest/embed any necessary enhancements into the Firm’s financial crime framework.
*Review and approve all relevant financial crime risk assessments from an AML, CTF, PEP and Sanctions perspective in conjunction with other relevant stakeholders (i.e. Assurance).
*Provide guidance in relation to all relevant PEP and Sanction tools to ensure compliance with all necessary screening requirements and propose/embed any potential enhancements to the monitoring frameworks, in conjunction with other relevant stakeholders (i.e. Detection).
Candidate Requirements:
*Must have 5+ years practical AML/CTF, ABC and Sanctions experience with a UK regulated Financial Institution.
*Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and align business needs.
*Report writing experience.
*Ability to communicate at all levels and with a variety of stakeholders
*Relevant industry qualifications (such as the ICA Diploma level within Financial Crime).
Job number 1674571
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