Financial Crime Analyst (12 month FTC)

Department: Risk

Location: London

The Role

You will be responsible for assisting partners and other members of Clyde & Co with financial crime queries escalations and in line with legislation and regulatory requirements. This role will also include anti-money laundering and sanctions processes and projects in relation to on-going client monitoring, sanctions checks and other risk management procedures.

The Team

The Risk Department provides support to the firm's senior management and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct, optimally manages risk and ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The role will also lead in promoting and embedding best practice in these areas throughout the firm's global network.

Key Responsibilities

• BAU escalations and financial crime queries - Dealing directly with AML and sanctions escalations that involve higher level issues.
• Escalation point for junior team members carrying out AML and sanctions screening.
• Provide assistance to BAU members in remediation of financial crime queries such as directors/PEP, lack of standard form documentation or red flags.
• Working with the BAU Team on reviewing and escalating the on-going monitoring notifications generated by the firm's systems.
• Seeking sign off from MLRO's and Risk Partners when required by and advising the Case Handlers on any steps that need to be taken to mitigate the risks associated with the client.
• Keeping the "U.S. Persons at Clydes" register up-to-date, liaising with HR and sending out communications to U.S. persons as flagged by HR and analysing/responding to U.S. Persons' emails.
• Keeping abreast of changes in sanctions regulations for the EU, UN and US and updating other team members and carrying out any research as required.
• Updating Country Risk Scores and keeping abreast of relevant information that affects the risk scores.
• Policies and Procedures - Assisting in the drafting and updating of policies and procedures (e.g. new AML guidance, BAU guidance and grid for client's verification, Aviation sanctions procedures).
• Training - Creating user guides and providing financial crime training as required and training junior members of the risk team.
• Risk Assessment Form (RAF) - Regularly updating the RAF adapting it to changes in our policies and internal/external risk factors.
• Risk assessment methodology - Assisting in creating and refining the firm's jurisdictional risk assessment and firm-wide financial crime assessment methodologies.
• Internal Audits - Conducting internal audits and performing quality assurance monitoring to identify shortcomings/failures and to monitor planned improvements and reporting such findings back to the Head of BAU/COLP.
• External providers - Assist in the implementation of all the monitoring tools which included creating and implementing workflows, false positive reduction rules and data sets.
• Supervising updates and the creation of new datasets, rules and workflows.
• Supporting any other projects or tasks within the Risk or Sanctions Team as required.

Required Experience and Skills Required

• A strong understanding of EU, US and UN sanctions and their implications for an international law firm or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in carrying out Sanctions screening.
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering legislation.
• Strong IT skills.
• Ability to create IT backed procedures as dictated by regulation.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong customer focus.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Strong spelling and grammar skills.
• Ability to work well as part of a team and to concentrate and work alone for periods of time.
• Relevant qualifications (ICA/CISI certification in financial crime such as AML and sanctions).
• Strong MS Office skills.
• Given the international nature of the law firm, a foreign language skill would be beneficial but not essential.
• Strategic thinker with commercial awareness.
• Service orientated: Recognising internal and external clients and the importance of service delivery.
• Ability to work as part of a team and using own initiative, manage own workload and adapt to changing priorities.
• Adaptable to new systems, procedures and requirements of role.
• Flexible approach: Willing to assist others in achieving team objectives.
• Confident dealing with senior management and ensuring service levels are adhered to.
• Well-disciplined and self-motivated.
• Ability to work well under pressure often within short deadlines.
• Confident and proactive approach.
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one - We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success.
• Excel with clients - We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do.
• Celebrate difference - We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement.
• Act boldly - We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.