Analyst - Financial Crime Compliance - High Wycombe or Bristol

The Financial Crime Compliance Team (FCC Team) forms part of Saffery’s wider risk management regime, within which the new client on-boarding function exists. This role will be based out of one of our regional offices in either Bristol or High Wycombe, but will require the successful candidate to be within commuting distance to attend the London office two to three times a month (travel costs will be provided). Any further office days will be served in your home office.

The candidate will be required to work to a high level of accuracy to prescribed processes including:

• Completing new client due diligence procedures in line with AML regulations to ensure our prospective clients are the right clients for us.
• Performing research with third party tools and systems as part of KYC procedures and undertake analysis of any potential risks that arise.
• Completing documentation and analysis of KYC information to validate client information and assess client risks.
• Where information is missing or not in the public domain, interacting with stakeholders including the client-facing practice to obtain this information.
• Undertaking procedures for the firm’s KYC Ongoing Monitoring processes through to completion or escalation for management approval.

The ideal candidate will have experience in client on-boarding/CDD, ideally in a mid-to-large-tier accountancy firm or other professional services business (e.g. within the legal sector). We are looking for somebody who has the following attributes:

• A minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role.
• A good working knowledge and understanding of KYC/AML requirements and how to complete processes and procedures related to regulatory client on-boarding.
• Demonstrated history of dealing with senior staff/partners within a business to achieve desired outcomes.
• Proven ability to work independently and apply prior learnings to current scenarios.
• Excellent communication and internal relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to quickly understand and multitask across several IT applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel, as a minimum.
• Strong literacy/numeracy with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work to specified KPIs and demanding deadlines.
• Proven ability to absorb and build an understanding of complex information and articulate the same in a specified format.

Salary/benefits:

• A 35-hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am-4pm.
• Agile working policy giving you the option to work from home for up to 3 days per week.
• 25 days of annual leave. After 5 years’ service, the entitlement will be increased by 1 day.
• In addition, employees are entitled to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday a year.
• Contributory pension scheme (The firm will contribute 5% of salary on a matched basis with employee from their date of joining).
• Life assurance cover of 4 x annual salary.
• Working from home allowance of £25 a month.
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm. Payment is usually c£1,000. Paid in December.
• Employee referral scheme. Assistant Manager level and below, including support staff, will attract a referral reward of £5,000, Manager level or above, will attract a referral reward of £10,000.
• New client referral scheme. Members of staff introducing a new client to the firm, have the potential to receive a referral payment of up to 10% of the first year’s total fees.
• Staff have access to health assessments, cancer screenings and health cash plans through the flexible benefits program.
• Access to a number of additional benefits with preferential rates under the flexible benefit program, health cash plans, health screening/GP support, critical illness cover, dental and travel insurance, Techscheme, Cyclescheme, Gymflex and a Workplace ISA.
• Paid travel expenses when working at offices other than your contracted office.

Saffery Champness is committed to being a fully inclusive employer and have a huge focus on ED&I. Upon joining the firm, you will have the opportunity to join a number of people network groups as well as be a part of the growing ED&I network.

Saffery is a firm of chartered accountants and business advisers. We have over 90 partners and over 1,000 staff that work from nine offices in the UK, plus offices in Ireland, Guernsey, Switzerland, and the UAE. We are bound by our shared values: ensuring excellence and integrity in the work we undertake and being enthusiastic and collegiate in working together to achieve the very best outcomes for our clients. We value our strong client relationships and genuinely partner-led approach, and we place great importance on providing exemplary client service. We are a member of Nexia International, a leading global network of independent accounting and consulting firms. This network connects us to over 250 other member firms in 120 countries across the globe, so we are able connect our clients to the very best advisers no matter what country their affairs take them to. Our experts advise a broad range of individuals, their families, businesses, and wider interests. The sectors in which we operate include private wealth; owner-managed businesses; real estate; landed estates and rural businesses; sports and entertainment; not-for-profit organisations; and professional firms and consulting businesses.