Financial Crime Officer

About the Role:

A large global Investment Bank are seeking a dedicated Financial Crime Officer to join our Financial Security Advisory & Governance team in London. This role is crucial in ensuring compliance with internal policies, local regulatory obligations, and our objective of reducing financial crime within the financial sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
• Develop and maintain local policies, procedures, training, and education.
• Establish and maintain awareness and training across the London branch.
• Act as the primary point of contact for financial security matters.
• Provide SME risk opinions on higher-risk customer relationships, transactions, and payments.
• Represent the bank to regulators, supervisors, and external bodies.
• Monitor operations and policy development.
• Review and act on sanctions, money laundering, and terrorist financing findings.
• Handle internal suspicious activity reports and escalations.
• Prepare regular reports on financial crime risk compliance.

Role Requirements:

• Provide opinions and assessments on higher-risk credit requests, transactions, payments, and clients.
• Conduct Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on high-risk clients.
• Act as an escalation point for payments filtering and customer screening alerts.
• Contribute to and deliver management information to senior management and committees.
• Provide financial crime SME guidance and support.

About the candidate

• Experience in financial crime and/or sanctions functions.
• Experience in assessing AML/KYC/Sanctions matters.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders to tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure.
• Team player with clear and concise communication skills.