Financial Crime Advisor

Primary Objectives:

• Serve as a financial crime regulatory expert and advisor, focusing on Paris and Luxembourg offices.
• Handle AML processes like client due diligence (CDD), risk assessments, monitoring, and reporting for complex and high-risk clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Advise on financial crime issues for new business, applying relevant laws and policies.
• Analyse and advise on risks from onboarding new clients, especially complex and high-risk ones.
• Conduct detailed CDD research using various tools to understand client ownership and control structures.
• Collaborate with New Business Intake teams for efficient processes.
• Support junior team members.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• At least 3 years of AML/financial crime compliance experience ideally within a law firm environment
• Fluent in French with strong written skills.
• ICA AML Diploma or willingness to obtain it (firm-sponsored).
• Excellent research, analytical, and communication skills.
• Good commercial awareness and ability to prioritise workload.
• Team player who can support junior members.