Remote Financial Crime Manager

Summary

Join our growing team as a Financial Crime Manager and support our first line of defence by ensuring compliance with laws and regulations related to preventing and detecting money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery and corruption.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, or a related field
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in a risk or compliance role within a financial services organisation, consultancy firm, or regulator. Experience of both payments and cryptoassets is highly preferred
• Deep knowledge of relevant financial crime regulations and best practices, as well as familiarity with relevant industry standards and guidelines
• Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and developing policies, procedures, and controls
• Experience with compliance-related tools, including for customer screening purposes, transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, etc
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to identify and communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as well as to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Responsibilities

• Complete know-your-customer (KYC) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) checks on customers, partners, and third-party service providers
• Conduct complex investigations and analyse customer transactional activity and behavioural patterns to determine if customer activity requires further review
• Investigate and escalate suspicious activity and transactions to the Money Laundering Reporting Officers as appropriate
• Ensure the effectiveness of transaction monitoring systems and make recommendations for enhancements based on emerging threats and business changes
• Conduct periodic financial crime risk assessments of our regulated business
• Advise the team on financial crime issues and assist in the development of strategies to mitigate inherent risks
• Provide training and ongoing support to frontline staff to raise awareness of financial crime risks and ensure understanding of their responsibilities in detecting and reporting suspicious activities
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, and controls that meet or exceed regulatory requirements and best practice
• Support the business with the design and launch of new features, products, and/or markets to ensure all legal and regulatory requirements are met
• Monitor compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies
• Keep up to date with regulatory, industry, and technology changes in order help identify areas of improvement to increase efficiency and ongoing effectiveness
• Provide regular Management Information (MI), training, and support to the business as required
• Work with various internal and external stakeholders