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About the Role:Â
A large global Investment Bank are seeking a dedicated Financial Crime Officer to join our Financial Security Advisory & Governance team in London. This role is crucial in ensuring compliance with internal policies, local regulatory obligations, and our objective of reducing financial crime within the financial sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
- Develop and maintain local policies, procedures, training, and education.
- Establish and maintain awareness and training across the London branch.
- Act as the primary point of contact for financial security matters.
- Provide SME risk opinions on higher-risk customer relationships, transactions, and payments.
- Represent the bank to regulators, supervisors, and external bodies.
- Monitor operations and policy development.
- Review and act on sanctions, money laundering, and terrorist financing findings.
- Handle internal suspicious activity reports and escalations.
- Prepare regular reports on financial crime risk compliance.
Role Requirements:
- Provide opinions and assessments on higher-risk credit requests, transactions, payments, and clients.
- Conduct Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on high-risk clients.
- Act as an escalation point for payments filtering and customer screening alerts.
- Contribute to and deliver management information to senior management and committees.
- Provide financial crime SME guidance and support.
About the candidate
- Experience in financial crime and/or sanctions functions.
- Experience in assessing AML/KYC/Sanctions matters.
- Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders to tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Resilience and ability to work under pressure.
- Team player with clear and concise communication skills.
