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This is an exciting opportunity for a Fin Crime Compliance/KYC Manager to join a professional services organisation on a 15-month fixed-term contract. The role is based in London and focuses on managing compliance and KYC processes within the Risk & Compliance department.
Client Details
The organisation is a well-established professional services provider known for its strong reputation in the accounting and business advisory sector.
Description
- Driving compliance: Ensure firm-wide KYC policies and procedures are applied consistently across new or existing clients.
- Making critical decisions: Approve new business relationships and the continuation of existing business relationships. Including limited mandate to approve Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) risk triggers/clients.
- Being the go-to expert: Act as a key contact for the business, enabling timely and high-quality CDD/KYC completion and query resolution.
- Empowering your team: Build capability, share knowledge, and support career growth.
- Staying ahead: Keep up with evolving AML regulations and industry best practices.
- Innovation: Support tech-driven improvements that boost efficiency without compromising compliance. (The Firm will be implementing a new KYC system during the course of the FTC and some involvement in the roll-out of the new system will be an important and exciting aspect of the successful candidate's role).
- Improving processes: Spot opportunities to streamline and enhance service delivery.
- Inspiring confidence: Build strong stakeholder relationships and establish yourself as a trusted, empowering leader.
- This list is not exhaustive, and you will be expected to help on other associated risk management tasks/ projects.
Profile
- Deep CDD/EDD expertise - You know your way around complex client structures (Trusts, Estates, Private Clients, Corporate Groups) and understand the risks they carry, ideally from a background in Accounting or Professional Services.
- Regulatory precision - You've applied CDD procedures with confidence, ensuring compliance and overseeing timely, high-quality outputs.
- Risk radar - You can assess client risk holistically-AML and beyond-and know when and how to escalate.
- Sector savvy - You understand the services we offer and associated risk management requirements.
- People skills - You're a natural communicator who builds strong relationships with client-facing teams and your direct colleagues and adds value through collaboration.
- Leadership mindset - You've led teams, nurtured talent, and take pride in helping others grow and overcome challenges.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary of circa 80,000 per annum, depending on level of experience.
- A 35-hour working week
- Eligibility for the firm's Profit Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm.
- Flexible working arrangements (flexible start and finish times around core hours and working from home) upon successful completion of probationary period and line manager approval
- Working from home allowance of 25 a month (where applicable)
- Competitive annual salary
- Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme (this will be an end of contract bonus given that the position is an FTC).
- Twenty-five days annual leave.
- Eligibility for firm's private medical insurance upon successful completion of probation
- In addition, under the flexible benefits programme, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to five days holiday a year, subject to manager approval.
- Life assurance cover of four times salary.
