At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial crime compliance and drive accountability in a dynamic team.
- Company: Join LSEG, a global leader in financial markets with a commitment to innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy tailored benefits, healthcare, retirement planning, and paid volunteering days.
- Other info: Be part of a collaborative culture that values your individuality and encourages new ideas.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial stability while growing your career in a diverse environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in financial crime legislation and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
About Us
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.
Purpose of the role
Financial Crime Lead for the Data & Analytics sector of the Business, sitting within the broader Financial Crime Advisory team. The role will sit in the Group Financial Crime 2LOD function, and work closely with partners across our Data & Analytics business, to drive and ensure financial crime compliance and accountability.
What You'll be doing
- Oversight of entities' compliance with AML & broader Financial Crime legislation
- Accountable for oversight of compliance with the Group's policies and procedures for countering the risk that the firm may be used to foster Financial Crime
- Reporting to the Entities' Boards, Risk Committees and Senior Management providing transparency, escalation, and oversight of FC matters
- Contact point for FC matters, risk events and higher risk scenarios
- Oversight of Financial Crime risk assessments to ensure appropriate identification and impact assessment of FC risk within the entities; and assess effectiveness of controls and policies in mitigating risk
- Oversight of Financial Crime Operations and monitoring and reporting of MI, KRIs and critical metrics to senior collaborators
- Representing FC at internal risk committees, board meetings, steering committees and new product committees to ensure appropriate consideration of FC risk
- Provide expert FC Compliance advice to stakeholders based on understanding of legislation, regulatory expectation, risk mitigation and appetite
- Promote Financial Crime Compliance and awareness within the entities and across the Group
- Develop and manage relationships with key internal and external partners including central control functions (Risk, Legal, Internal Audit), Financial Crime Operations, and relevant regulatory bodies
- Ensure timely identification, analysis and impact assessment of key regulatory, legislative and geopolitical developments and ensure financial crime risk assessments, policies and procedures are updated accordingly
- Work with key business partners to ensure compliance with FC policy and processes and understand local systems and controls.
What You'll bring
- Significant knowledge and experience in the understanding and application of applicable regulatory and legal requirements across Financial Crime
- Demonstrated subject-matter expertise and deep technical knowledge across the Financial Crime lifecycle
- Demonstrated experience in understanding and applying AML & Financial Crime legislation and regulatory compliance
- Experience in writing and reviewing Policy, Standards and Process documentation
- Experience in performing Risk & Control Assessments
- Experience in a senior role in a Financial Crime oversight function
- Proven experience providing expert advice and clear presentations to senior partners and regulators on a wide range of financial-crime and regulatory issues
- Experience in investigating and reviewing higher risk CDD subject matter
- Experience in the application of sophisticated sanctions' legislation
- Experience working in a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary global organisation and handling critical matters while demonstrating respect and cultural awareness
- Ability to think strategically and innovatively.
Desirable skills
- Relevant AML Qualifications or courses completed
- Familiarity with data analytics and technology, and tools routinely used in financial crime compliance activities.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.
Senior Manager - Financial Crime Policy in London employer: London Stock Exchange Group
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