Job Description

Join us as a Financial Crime Officer

This is an opportunity to take on a role where you’ll analyse, investigate and research issues that affect our organisation You identify potential or actual financial crime risks and ensure appropriate escalation, remediation and mitigation to manage risks back within appetite Hone your existing analytical skills and advance your career in this fast paced role

What you'll do


You’ll adhere to the team’s risk appetite, policy standards and all relevant external laws, regulations and industry guidance across the sector. You’ll also deliver strategic intelligence and services which identify any potential risks and issues that would impact the bank, and contribute to the development of the team, and coach colleagues as needed.


It’ll also be your responsibility to:

Produce a wide variety of intelligence products and services both written and verbal, using a range of existing and emerging sources Establish and execute controls to monitor compliance of local staff and management with policies and procedures Assist with monitoring of business, systems and controls and provide oversight of the business financial crime control effectiveness as required Deliver strategic intelligence and due diligence on related matters by investigations and reports, identifying any potential risks and issues that would impact the bank Provide oversight and local analysis on Financial Crime related processes Manage a network of internal and external contacts to deliver intelligence and local perspective to products and services

The skills you'll need


You’ll need excellent analytical, investigative and research skills and the ability to produce high quality intelligence and financial crime judgements. You should also have experience of working within the financial crime sector or similar specialist function in a financial services environment.


You’ll also need:

Strong interpersonal and communication skills particularly in terms of relationship management The ability to identify and build sources and contacts with effective networking skills A background of understanding and interpreting the needs of internal business and translating this into tangible deliverables Experience of working internationally, or delivering products that have an international dimension * An understanding of relevant existing and proposed legislation in relation to Financial Crime, Money Laundering Protection and the duties of an Money Laundering Reporting Officer