Our Compliance teams work globally across all lines of business to advise internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements and how to balance these with the firm’s needs. Their diverse mandate means they also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies, training, operational processes, risk mitigation and control.
Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) are responsible for developing and implementing the requirements and standards for the Firm's Enterprise-Wide Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Programs. The Global Financial Intelligence Unit - EMEA is part of the wider GFCC Organisation that conducts proactive projects to identify money laundering risk in the region. The team is engaged with Money Laundering Public Private Partnerships and industry groups in the region, intelligence from which informs proactive workstreams. Within this role you will be responsible for defining parameters and conducting investigations on bespoke projects to identify and address emerging Money Laundering / Terrorist Financing risk in the EMEA region.
Job responsibilities:
- Develop and conduct intelligence-led, proactive money laundering investigations and projects across all Lines of Business, defining clear methodologies and objectives to identify financial crime risk in support of national, regional or global priorities and initiatives
- Engage with industry working groups including JMLIT Threat Groups / Cells in the UK, developing relationships and knowledge to drive collaboration, proactive project work and to inform approach to controls
- File high quality Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) from projects with the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) and inform SAR filing determinations for other EMEA booking locations
- Compile and present summaries of casework and strategic findings from project work to highlight trends and risks identified to senior management and other stakeholders
- Conduct analysis of large transactional datasets to identify patterns and make assessments, presenting data in an effective manner to articulate findings
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Demonstrable experience of leading complex financial crime investigations, gained either from another financial institution or from law enforcement experience
- Exceptional research and analytical skills; with the ability to make assessments and recommendations based on often incomplete information and under time pressure
- Experience in use of data analytics and visualisation tools such as Alteryx and Tableau; understanding and experience of programming languages such as SQL
- Good knowledge of money laundering and terrorist financing indicators, trends and typologies
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills; having the ability to present to senior levels in the organization
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands, organise one's agenda and work under pressure
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Knowledge and experience of operating within a similar role in a retail banking environment
