Analyst - Financial Crime Compliance

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 offices - London, 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.