Our Financial Crime Consulting team consists of hundreds of professionals who advise and drive change for the firm’s banking, capital markets, insurance, and asset management clients in Financial Crime. Our Financial Crime Consulting team specializes in several areas, including:
- Customer screening
- Payment screening filtering for Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media
- KYC Remediation
- Anti-money laundering transaction monitoring
- Look-back reviews and loan file reviews
- Compliance testing and FATCA
- Financial crime risk assessment reviews
Responsibilities
As a Senior in the Financial Crime Compliance team, you will predominantly support the compliance team in the financial crime space. You will help businesses comply with financial crime regulations and adhere to relevant client(s) policies and procedures related to anti- money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
- Support the implementation of a robust Compliance Monitoring Program to ensure adherence to bank policies and regulatory guidelines related to Sanctions Screening and other monitoring requirements.
- Conduct First Line of Defence Surveillance activities for Sanctions (Payments) Screening.
- Ability to check transactions against various sanctions lists (e.g., OFAC, UN, EU).
- Proficiency in SWIFT and ACH codes, along with other payment systems such as wire transfers, SEPA, RTGS, card payments, and payment service providers.
- Support the implementation of the Bank’s Group-wide Compliance strategy within the First Line of Defence to ensure the efficient management of the Sanctions Payment Screening team ensuring vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies.
- Measure the appropriateness and screening capabilities of the product platforms with the Surveillance systems of the Bank.
- Multi-task, learn on the job and work under pressure to meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Day to day coordination of project and related activities driven by the compliance function
- Guide and oversee junior compliance specialists utilized in compliance activities
- Preparing MIS for senior management and providing advisory support to business units
- Build professional relationship within the firm as well as with the clients and must participate in business development activities
- Support the implementation of Internal Audit, Regulatory Compliance and Group Compliance SLOD recommendations for findings pertaining to Sanctions Payment Screening.
- Seek to understand the overall process and objective of the project
- Demonstrate integrity, respect and be able to work independently or collaboratively with teams as may be required
- Devising process documentation and translating complex processes into easy-to-follow instructions
- Coordinating efforts with internal stakeholders as appropriate
- Demonstrate an application & solution-based approach to problem solving
- Take ownership and initiatives to help improve the status quo