Financial Crime Officer in Ledston

Hours per Week: 37.5

Work Pattern: 8.30am - 5.00pm (Monday - Friday)

Qualification Required: Yes

Seniority: Specialist

Redmayne Bentley's Financial Crime team acts as our second line of defence in all business-as-usual activities related to financial crime risks. Our Financial Crime Officers oversee our first line of defence and provide guidance on high risk and complex queries. Our firm works in a frequently evolving regulatory environment, and we are looking for someone who has a strong existing knowledge of this area and a passion for ensuring our processes and frameworks are effective.

You will also support our MLRO and the wider Compliance team with the following tasks:

• Investigating and making decisions on referrals made by first line of defence and supporting product governance in line with delegated authorities.
• Review, assessment, reporting and managing of Suspicious Activity Reporting and other law enforcement or regulatory reporting.
• Supporting other activities including monitoring, horizon scanning, financial crime systems oversight and country risk assessment.
• Providing advice on complex queries and financial crime policy to wider areas of the business.
• Acting as a point of escalation for the business for financial crime matters.
• Supporting the process of financial crime monitoring across all relevant business areas.
• Contributing to the provision of training, development and delivery of financial crime communications and initiatives.

Further specific details about the role can be found in the job description attached to this advert.

What we’re looking for:

Qualifications and Experience:

• Holds at least 1 of CISI Level 3 Investment Operations Certificate qualification or ICA Advanced Certificate/Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and committed to obtaining the other within a maximum of two years.
• Previous work experience within the field of financial crime (such as AML/KYC).

Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge of key Financial Crime regulation and guidance (such as JMLSG, Money Laundering Regulations, FCA Financial Crime guidance) and sources of information to support investigations.
• Awareness of regulatory frameworks associated with financial crime, sanctions, and AML.
• Knowledge of financial crime detection systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues and regulatory requirements.
• Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and consistency in documentation.
• Able to adapt to changing regulatory environments and processes.
• Confident ability to conduct research in support of provision of advice or decisions.
• Capable of making decisions within delegated authority recognising when escalation is appropriate.
• High levels of professional integrity, discretion, and commitment to maintaining standards.

What does the future look like?

Redmayne Bentley provides support for colleagues to achieve industry standard qualifications, if that is something they wish to do. We are proud of our culture of offering development opportunities for all our colleagues, whether that is via developing management skills, gaining exposure to new areas of the business, or via secondment opportunities. Many of our colleagues have chosen to stay at Redmayne Bentley for a long time due to these opportunities and we aim to provide you with the same experience. We now have 150 years of history, but we also have plans for a long and successful future which we would like to share with you.