Back to jobs
KYC/AML - Payments Screening
- Posted 06 February 2020
- Salary £150 - £200 per day
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent
- ReferenceBBBH98970_1581069742
- Contact NameIan Christie
Job description
Role Responsibilities:
- Working directly within either the AML, Fraud, or Financial Crime teams.
- Co-operating with law enforcement officers and local authorities by providing accurate records within a legal framework, ensuring all their enquiries are dealt with within compliance and strict timescales.
- Ensuring Suspicious Activity Reports, Sanctions Screening, KYC and PEP's are fully investigated in line with regulatory requirements.
- Investigating and identifying fraudulent activity, compiling full reports and ensuring all confirmed findings are reported to the MLRO.
- Serving as a subject matter expert on suspicious activity monitoring to other departments by providing advice and counsel to ensure they understand AML compliance and implications to their operations.
- Working closely with management to ensure critical functions are fulfilled timely and accurately.
- Detecting potential suspicious activity when complex manual processes are needed.
- Supporting the MLRO with internal control audits on customer support and other functions within the business, basing the results in line with company policies and regulations.
- Providing occasional informal training and guidance to less experienced AML Investigators and customer support.
- Identifying and recommending training aids/materials that may aid in improved compliance and efficiency.
Requirements
Experience, traits and skills required:
- KYCAML/Risk investigative type role.
- Experience in KYC/AML within a bank is preferable, but not required.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Knowledge of current KYC/AML legislation, money laundering techniques/patterns and counter-fraud preventive measures is a must.
- A team player willing to help the team and educate those less aware of the risk of money laundering displaying a supportive and understanding attitude.
- Willingness to learn and adapt to the current business culture both in the Risk department and beyond.
- A proactive, can-do attitude. The ability to think outside the box and help improve the business, department and processes.