Financial Crime Officer / Retail Banking recruitment

 Our client, an international retail corporate bank is looking for Financial Crime Prevention Officer to join their Compliance AML department in London. The individual would contribute to the development and implementation of robust systems, procedures and controls within the businesses to meet regulatory requirements and help promote a proactive compliance culture. 

Duties include:

• Maintain up-to-date understanding of the relevant FSA rules, AML legislation, Proceeds of Crime Act, and all applicable statutes to the firm’s businesses.

• Develop and embed appropriate controls, policies and procedures to manage financial crime risk

• Assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the Financial Crime Prevention Team to ensure firm’s activities are in accordance with regulatory requirements.

• Advice the business units of regulatory changes in respect to Money Laundering Regulations and Financial Crime Prevention

• Develop and implement appropriate on-going monitoring programmes in line with key regulatory requirements.

• Ensure that relevant and reliable management information on AML/KYC issues is delivered to senior management on a timely basis.

• Facilitate effective and  constructive sharing of knowledge and experience of financial crime prevention issues and effectively engage with other parts of the Group

• Oversee management of activities relating to production orders and any other related court orders

• Assist in managing SARs disclosures and communication with relevant authorities including SOCA.

• Undertake projects and assignments from time to time as directed by Head of Compliance.

The preferred candidate will ideally have a Financial Crime/AML background with a solid knowledge of retail and corporate banking. You should also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as be able to interact at all levels of business effectively.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your C.V. to mario@altussearch.co.uk or call Mario Broz on 020 7430 1831 for a confidential discussion.

Altus Search Ltd is acting as an employment agency in relation to this role.