Your new company
The bank is an attractive workplace due to its strong emphasis on career development, offering comprehensive training programs and a broad career path to help employees grow into future business leaders. It fosters a corporate culture that values trust, innovation, and collaboration, creating a supportive and productive work environment. Employees benefit from competitive perks and opportunities for professional growth, while also enjoying the satisfaction of contributing to a globally recognised financial institution. Its extensive global presence provides unique opportunities for international exposure and career advancement, making it an appealing choice for those looking to expand their horizons.
Your new role
- Alert Review & Investigation: Conduct reviews and investigations of alerts generated by the Bank's sanctions screening systems.
- Sanction Alerts Management: Investigate and escalate potential true match sanction alerts as necessary.
- System Understanding: Ensure a thorough understanding of the Bank's sanctions screening system, ensuring its effective and efficient operation.
- Transaction Monitoring: Review and investigate alerts generated by transaction monitoring systems.
- SAR Escalation: Escalate Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) identified from transaction monitoring for potential external reporting.
- Quality Assurance: Perform Quality Assurance (QA) reviews for Treasury, Retail, Correspondent Banking, Corporate Banking, and other areas as outlined in the Monitoring Plan.
- Policy Awareness: Stay informed about the Bank's policies and procedures regarding AML, Sanctions, Fraud, and Bribery to apply this knowledge to alert investigations.
- Continuous Monitoring Support: Assist the Senior FCP Manager in the continuous monitoring of the Bank's transaction monitoring ™ system, ensuring its effective and efficient operation. This includes:
- Conducting monthly volume reviews and writing relevant rules as needed.
- Performing an annual review of system parameter settings to ensure they are fit for purpose.
- Record Maintenance: Ensure that TM-related registers, logs, and trackers are up-to-date with accurate information.
What you'll need to succeed
- Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of relevant regulations and acts, including the SAML Act, JMLSG, ML Regulations, POCA 2002, 4th/5th EU Money Laundering Directives, The Bribery Act 2010, and international sanctions regimes.
- Alert Review Experience: Experience in conducting alert reviews, particularly in sanction screening.
- Transaction Monitoring: Experience in reviewing and investigating alerts generated by transaction monitoring systems.
- AML Expertise: Experience in AML monitoring activities for medium to large corporate and financial institutions.
- Banking Experience: Proven experience in a similar banking operation is essential.
What you'll get in return
The bank offers the opportunity to work in a diverse and community-oriented environment. You will enjoy excellent benefits, including the option to work from home one day per week. The position will primarily be office-based
What you need to do now
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