Remote Financial Crime Executive

Summary

Join Target Group as a Financial Crime Executive and contribute to delivering robust financial crime prevention systems and controls across all areas of the business. You will be involved in shaping the growth of the business, interacting with colleagues at all levels, and gaining exposure to a diverse range of work within a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• An understanding of relevant UK and EU Financial Crime laws and regulations
• Proficient technical knowledge in financial crime risk domains (KYC, CDD, AML, sanctions, fraud, bribery, corruption, and tax evasion)
• Experience of managing financial crime escalations and providing quality, constructive feedback to business colleagues
• Experience of supporting the production of assurance and other financial crime reports that serve to educate stakeholders with respect to status of the current risk environment
• Experience of critiquing effectiveness and adequacy of financial crime controls and helping to drive control improvements where required
• Knowledge of financial crime typologies would be advantageous
• Experience of completing investigations

Responsibilities

• Support the business with specialist guidance and advice, including managing business queries and resolving escalations with respect to fraud, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, PEPs, sanctions and adverse media
• Complete SAR investigations and support reporting of SARs to NCA
• Liaise with appropriate enforcement and supervisory bodies, resolving issues around requests for information, production orders, SARs, consents, freezing and prohibition orders
• Complete complex fraud and financial crime investigations, maintaining appropriate records for evidential and reporting purposes
• Identify any training needs in relation to the understanding of financial crime across by Target Group. Where required, liaise with the Learning and Development team to deliver training, and provide advice to the wider business on financial crime matters where a training need is identified
• Support assurance and control testing across financial crime activities, documentation and systems, to ensure their adequacy and effectiveness, and to recommend further improvements
• Monitor and analyse trends related to financial crime activities, providing insights and recommendations to senior management
• As required, complete due diligence checks on clients, customers, third party individuals and entities and suppliers, and as part of new business projects
• Obtain and review information for corporates and private individuals from relevant sources (e.g. Companies House) and determine further information requirements
• Ensure completion of periodic/ongoing due diligence in accordance with the risk rating of the client or internal risk appetite
• Provide support for risk and impact assessments and horizon scanning, as required
• Contribute to delivery of monthly operational routines, including review of expenses and G&H

Benefits

• Salary up to £33,000 per annum
• 30 days holiday PLUS bank holidays!
• Defined Pension Contribution Scheme (Employer matched up to 6%)
• Employee Discount Scheme, access to discounts and offers across 100s of leading retailers
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind)
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Annual Pay Review
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Help@Hand – Confidential access to health and wellbeing support to include Employee Assistance Program
• Free Flu Vaccinations, Eye Tests and employer contribution towards glasses
• Recognition Scheme
• Free Mortgage Advice and Support
• My Flex, our flexible benefits scheme gives colleagues access to additional benefits to supplement their core package
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Technology Buying Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
• Critical Illness Cover
• Dental Insurance
• Gym Flex - discounted annual gym/health club memberships
• Taste Cards / Gourmet Cards
• RAC Breakdown Cover
• Charitable Payroll Giving
• Cycle to work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
• Health Cash Plan