Role: AML/KYC Officer (6 months FTC)
Location: Leicester (Hybrid role)
Salary: £30k pro rata
Join our team as an experienced AML/KYC professional in a dynamic 6-month fixed-term contract role with a leading and well-established lender. Bring your expertise to ensure compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, contributing to our commitment to ethical and regulatory standards. This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact, working alongside a dedicated team to safeguard our operations and uphold our reputation in the financial services industry.
Responsibilities of AML/KYC Officer
- Day to-day financial crime risk assessment of new and existing clients
- Act as technical SME to the operational business area for CDD/AML/KYC Onboarding queries.
- Completion of the Client Due Diligence (CDD) process.
- Day to Day Transaction Monitoring activities
- Assess the overall suitability of a client for the firm.
- Collate sufficient information to support recommendations/referral/waivers to the MLRO.
- Question and investigate the reliability and integrity of data, the validity of conclusions and the appropriateness of assumptions made.
Experience and Skills needed to be AML/KYC Officer
- Experience in an AML / KYC role within financial services.
- Knowledge of UK banking financial crime regulation and legislation.
- Experience of working with PEP & Sanctions requirements.
- High level knowledge of source of funds and source of wealth requirements.
- Maintenance of appropriate record keeping of activities and investigations.
- Understanding of Conduct Risk and TCF relevant to Real Estate lending and Deposits would be an advantage.
Please contact Joanne Crawley for more information