Financial Crime Unit (FCU) Senior Associates

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE)

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Risk Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

• Manages the day-to-day project deliverables in accordance with PwC's Global Best AML methodology. PwC's Global Best covers requirements related to suspicious transaction, know-your-customer identification program, OFAC, FATCA, currency transaction reporting, watch-list monitoring and all other laws and regulations and requirements designed to detect and prevent financial crime, money laundering, fraud and terrorism.
• Conducts testing and review to assess people, process and AML systems in adherence to policies and best practices

• Investigates, evaluates, reports and monitors suspicious transactions
• Identifies AML or other risk implications connected with existing as well as new products, systems, procedures, and emerging risk areas
• Provides recommendations that assist companies comply with AML, FATCA and other regulatory and reportorial requirements designed to detect and prevent financial crime, money laundering, fraud and terrorism
• Keeps up to date with significant regulatory developments
• Works in a multi-cultural environment
• Has opportunities to play multiple roles

Requirements

• 2 or more years of work experience related to Know-Your Customers requirements or its equivalent
• College degree, preferably from legal management or a degree related to banking or financial institution
• No professional certificate required but attorneys are highly preferred
• In-depth analytical and writing skills
• Able to deliver quality work at the specified deadline as well as remain flexible to changing priorities
• Must be able to think independently, communicate / present ideas collaboratively and maintain high level of confidence
• Willing to travel and be trained with PwC's Global Best AML methodology as well as willing to start as soon as possible

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Bachelor Degree

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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