Our client is seeking a dedicated and experienced Financial Crime Officer to join their Compliance department. This role offers an exciting opportunity to enhance the advisory, monitoring, and training processes in connection with financial crime oversight framework. The successful candidate will be instrumental in upholding the firm's legal, regulatory, ethical standards and reputation while fostering partnerships, collaboration and the compliance culture throughout the firm.
As a Financial Crime Officer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the MLRO in delivering consistent guidance, advice and innovative solutions in all matters relating to AML and Financial Crime. You will be responsible for undertaking financial crime monitoring activities, conducting client file reviews, assisting in maintaining policies and procedures, providing input on periodic reporting, and identifying and assessing financial crime risks. Your ability to work independently yet collaboratively will be crucial in this role.
- Assist the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) with providing proactive, expert and effective financial crime advisory service
- Undertake financial crime monitoring activities as directed by the MLRO
- Conduct ad hoc client file reviews in relation to emerging risks or concerns
- Assist in maintaining adequate policies and procedures for compliance with relevant regulations
- Provide input on periodic Dashboard and MI reporting to assist the MLRO report on key metrics relating to financial crime matters
- Identify and assess financial crime risks systematically, keeping abreast with current EU, FCA, DNB, ECB and AFM AML / Financial Crime regulations
The ideal candidate for the Financial Crime Officer position brings a wealth of AML and financial crime experience along with relevant professional qualifications. You possess strong conflict resolution skills, have an excellent command of English language both written and orally, are highly IT literate with keen attention to detail. Your ability to work independently yet collaboratively will be crucial in this role.
- Proven experience in AML and financial crime
- Professional qualifications such as the CISI Diploma or equivalent
- Ability to undertake AML & financial crime monitoring activities and produce written recommendations
- Strong conflict resolution skills with ability to deal with confrontation through tact and skill
- Excellent command of English language both written and orally
- High level of IT literacy with attention to detail
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates