Senior Analyst – Financial Crime Compliance (KYC - Onboarding) in London

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 is based out of our London office and will require the successful candidate to be within commuting distance to attend the office at least 2 times per week.

Training relevant to our organisation will be provided (e.g. systems, policies and procedures), however as the successful applicant will be required to support junior team members, they should be proficient in:

• Completing new client due diligence procedures to ensure our prospective clients are the right clients for us.
• Performing research with third party tools and systems as part of KYC procedures.
• Completing documentation and analysis of KYC information to validate client information and assess client risks.
• Interacting with stakeholders including the client-facing practice to obtain missing information.
• Undertaking procedures for the firm’s KYC Ongoing Monitoring processes through to completion or escalation for management approval.

The successful candidate will report to the FCC Manager.

You

Experience in client onboarding / CDD (ideally in the accountancy or legal sector) is required. We are keen to speak with people with relevant experience who can demonstrate a can-do attitude, and identify with the attributes outlined below:

• Enthusiastic about developing themselves and others and can look beyond the surface when situations don’t seem black and white.
• Has an aptitude for digesting information and completing work to high standards, whilst being highly motivated and confident to work independently, but with support from more experienced team members.
• Adaptive and open-minded when things don’t go to plan.
• Excellent and demonstrated history of communication skills and confidence to have conversations with high level stakeholders both in person, on the phone, and support junior colleagues in doing so.
• 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 when needed, demanding deadlines, without compromising quality.
• 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.
• 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 programme.
• Access to a number of additional benefits with preferential rates under the flexible benefit programme, 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 is committed to being a fully inclusive employer and has 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.

About us

Saffery is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm. When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people. As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top. We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.