Head of Compliance and Financial Crime

A global bank with a selective but strong presence in London is looking for a new MLRO / Head of Compliance. In this role, you will lead a small team of 3 passionate financial crime and compliance specialists, as well as a team of 9 financial crime operations.

Due to the size of the role, you will be expected to roll your sleeves up and do BAU financial Crime and Compliance work, but also take a more strategic and holistic view.

In this role you will:

• Be the key liaison with country regulators such as FCA, PRA, Bank of England, HRMC etc.
• Conduct regular risk and data quality assessments
• Investigate and analyze factors which may affect risk mitigation/alignment
• Perform gap analysis on Group related policies and procedures, and country specific regulatory guidelines. If there is a gap, to submit dispensation request to relevant Group forum to close the gap.
• Provide guidance to country level stakeholders on any change in Group level policies and procedures and ensures business level standard operating procedures are aligned to meet Group requirements
• Provide business advisory to country level stakeholders on AML and Compliance related matters
• Perform on going validation of monitoring strategies to ensure appropriate AML and Compliance governance and control

To apply for this role, please submit a CV which has the following:

• 10+ years in financial crime compliance experience, with 6+ in MLRO, Head of Compliance or similar position
• Strong experience, or proven understanding of retail and private wealth management
• Ideally working knowledge of smaller institutions and how to effectively run a financial crime programme
• Current right to work in the UK
• Prior FCA registration for SMF17 or SMF16

To learn more please email jessica.hodson@investigo.co.uk with your CV attached.