Financial Crime Officer, MARK Advisory VP

Responsibilities include assisting the Head of the Financial Crime Unit or taking responsibility for the following:

• Ensuring that AML and KYC policies comply with UK requirements within SG UK and liaising with SGUK AML functions to ensure consistency.
• Liaising with the SG Group Compliance function in Paris regarding these policies.
• Developing, implementing and managing the anti-money laundering strategy within the UK covering anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption.
• Advising local and Group management on complex anti-money laundering issues.
• Providing advice, direction and training to the KYC function and approving high risk accounts referred by the KYC team to the FCU.
• Developing and maintaining appropriate monitoring controls of the KYC function.
• Overseeing and, where appropriate, undertaking, the internal investigation of issues arising and suspicious activity referrals which may have money laundering implications.
• Overseeing the processes associated with AML investigations, including the investigations action plan, follow-up of recommendations arising from investigations, and maintaining an up to date log of the status of investigations.
• Submitting reports to NCA and FCA, as required, and managing the follow-up process to ensure that the responses from such external agencies are appropriately applied, maintaining all associated records in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Developing, implementing and overseeing review programmes, including the monitoring and surveillance of AML within SG UK, ensuring timely identification of risks and the development of cost-effective and efficient counter-measures.
• Ensuring AML, embargoes and sanctions, and bribery and corruption considerations are appropriately considered as part of the new Product Committee process, influencing the approval or otherwise of new products from an AML perspective.
• Implementing and maintaining appropriate management information for AML, including the completion of an annual report to senior management on the operation and effectiveness of the SGCIB UK’s AML systems and controls.
• Advising management on the planning, review and design of sanction/embargoes and anti-bribery and corruption controls.
• Developing and overseeing relevant training.
• Maintaining a detailed working knowledge of the FCA rules and regulations, and UK AML, ABC and embargo and sanctions related legislation, and a broad awareness of AMF, ACPR and other regulatory and exchange rules and regulations as required.
• Identifying training and development needs of assigned staff, and ensuring that such staff provide feedback from the required training courses, once attended.
• Contributing to the development of the annual department strategy and Compliance Plan.
• Attendance at forums and participation in initiatives driven forward by trade associations and other industry bodies, ensuring that SG's views on regulatory developments which could impact its business in the UK are provided as part of any consultation initiatives and that relevant benchmarking is undertaken and played back within Société Générale as appropriate.
• Management of the proactive participation in the maintenance of the risk cartography, ensuring that the inherent regulatory risks posed by business activity are determined, the mitigating factors assessed to determine the residual risk and the actions required to further mitigate, or reduce, the regulatory risk.

Profile required includes:

• Operational Skills
• Regulatory Skills
• Communication Skills
• Flexibility – Adaptability
• Ability to make decisions
• Ability to Work Under Pressure
• Analytical Skills
• Initiative
• Leadership Qualities
• Teamwork
• In-depth working knowledge of FCA and other regulatory rules
• In-depth working knowledge of financial crime related legislation
• Knowledge of EU directives relating to financial services, as well as broad knowledge of AMF and ACPR rules

At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.