MLRO – FX (BANKING OR PAYMENTS) MLRO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (London Area)

We have been exclusively appointed by our client, a growing international Foreign Exchange & Payments business with an exciting vision, to find a MLRO. Reporting directly to the CEO you will have oversight for all AML & Financial Crime issues.

Detailed responsibilities will include:

• Managing regulatory relationships and interaction, being the main point of contact for all reporting.
• Overseeing the reporting and relationship with the parent banking group.
• Keeping abreast with developments in the regulatory and technology environments to ensure best-in-class financial crime and AML risk management.
• Managing oversight of transaction monitoring on client activity and responsible for all SARs.
• Supporting the development and integration of the AML Risk Management Framework, including 2nd Line of Defense monitoring and testing activities.
• Managing the annual AML risk assessment for the firm reviewing all products and services.
• Oversight of PEPs and Sanctions checking and reviewing this system regularly to ensure it supports full regulatory control.
• Keeping up to date with regulatory changes, and implement relevant changes to the compliance manuals, policies and procedures.
• Engender a culture of compliance and risk management.

You should have experience as an MLRO from a similar FX / Payments business or Bank with an in-depth knowledge of UK AML & Financial Crime regulations. You should also be able to operate at a strategic level, advising the Leadership Team & Board whilst still able to roll up your sleeves and work under your own initiative in a dynamic, agile and hands-on environment.

This role is offered hybrid with 4 days in the City of London office and 1 day WFH. This is an excellent opportunity to join a small but growing business in a hands-on yet strategic role where you will be instrumental in the businesses’ ongoing growth and development.

So, if that sounds like you, then please send your details to Gary Collins in the first instance gary@symescollins.com (Including a contact number & email) however please note we cannot reply to all applications so only successful applications will be contacted.

Compliance Recruitment Solutions Limited (CRS) are acting as an employment agency in relation to this role. The recruiter has stated that all applicants for this job should be able to prove that they are legally entitled to work in the UK. Through application, all candidates signify their acceptance of the above information and confirm that the information they provide is true and accurate to the best of their knowledge.