Financial Crime Team Leader
Financial Crime Team Leader
Financial Crime Team Leader - 12 months Fixed Term Contract
(hybrid working; with visits to the Northwest-based head office just a few times per month)
My client is a leading consumer credit solutions lender that serves both prime and near-prime markets.
This fast-paced and challenging role involves assisting the Financial Crime Manager and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and being the primary contact for queries related to Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Fraud, and Law Enforcement Agencies. The responsibilities also include providing training and coaching to members of the financial crime team.
Key responsibilities:
- Money Laundering requirements
- Investigating Hunter alerts and making recommendations accordingly
- Maintaining a working knowledge of regulations relating to Financial Crime
- Being the escalation point for credit applications on all issues related to Money Laundering and Fraud
- Oversight of suspicious activity alerts and referrals and analysis of the information to determine any money laundering or fraudulent activity
- Making recommendations on money laundering and fraud issues, referring to the Financial Crime Manager where appropriate
- Reviewing CIFAS complaints
- Supporting the ongoing review of high-risk customers including PEP alerts, trigger events etc.
- Undertaking ad hoc compliance work as required
- Preparing financial crime reports as required
- Working in collaboration with Compliance Advisory, Compliance Monitoring, and Legal colleagues to ensure the consistent delivery of regulatory and legislative standards
- Ensuring agreed SLAs are adhered to and that high-risk customers are managed effectively in collaboration with the business
- Assisting in the delivery of financial crime-related training
- Liaising with the NCA and other law enforcement agencies to ensure a compliant business
To apply for this role, you should be able to demonstrate:
- Experience working within a Finance lender
- Regulatory Knowledge as applicable to the role (compulsory)
- Direct experience working within financial crime
- Sound AML knowledge and experience
- Experience in investigating SARs and making recommendations to Nominated officer / MLRO
- Experience in working POCA requests from Law enforcement
- Experience of PEP / Sanction screening
- Always acting with integrity and embracing the philosophy of treating customers fairly (compulsory)
What’s on offer?
A competitive basic salary of £30,000 - 38000 pa depending on experience and a broad range of other benefits.
The post holder can also choose a hybrid working pattern incorporating working from both the office and from home depending on your location/proximity to the NorthWest.
Required skills
- AML
- Compliance Monitoring
- Corruption
- Financial Crime
- Financial Services
- PEP
- Risk Management
- Sanction
Reference: 52965925
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