Global Financial Crimes Compliance - International Consumer Banking - Vice President

Overview

As a Vice President with GFCC LOB team, you will support the business in designing and maintaining effective measures to prevent financial crime. GFCC is looking for a talented individual to join our GFCC LOB team. The team is responsible for supporting the business on regulatory requirements and changes to Anti‑Money Laundering (AML) and Counter‑Terrorism Financing (CTF) laws affecting UK and EEA locations, assisting in the evaluation of new business initiatives and the associated risks and impacts, and providing advice to the business and its operations regarding internal policies and regulatory matters.

• Provide day‑to‑day GFCC services to the business.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of policies and procedures relevant to the International Consumer Business that are reasonably designed to comply with industry regulations, internal requirements and best practices across the industry (e.g. Enhanced Due Diligence Reviews, Periodic Reviews, PEP assessments, Negative Media etc).
• Review customer escalations involving AML events, negative news, sanctions and/or higher‑risk clients, where applicable.
• Assist in the evaluation of new business initiatives and risk assess any such initiatives including regulatory impact and ensure compliance with internal requirements.
• Provide support to the business and its operations regarding internal policies and regulatory matters.
• Collaborate with various teams in gathering information and reviewing responses for regulatory examinations/ responses, internal audits, compliance tests and regulatory investigations and enquiries.
• Assess 1
  
  LoD financial crime related management information and identify and Escalate AML/KYC and/or control issues.
• Perform and/or assist with compliance monitoring of certain financial crime areas of focus, where applicable.
• Support submissions to relevant local, regional or global Committees, including relevant management information.
• Assist in providing relevant training to staff as necessary.

• Strong knowledge of UK regulatory financial crime requirements.
• Digital banking or retail banking experience.
• Degree level education (or equivalent) or direct relevant work experience.
• Experience in assessing risk and making sound decisions in relation to ML/TF, with ability to escalated when appropriate.
• Strong analytical, organisational, time‑management, and planning skills.
• Ability to make decisions, multi‑task and prioritise tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills necessary to work effectively with people at all levels in the organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including proficiency in concisely summarising complex topics.
• EU regulatory financial crime knowledge is an added bonus.
• Self‑starter with strong presentation and organisational skills with ability to work independently under pressure and to tight deadlines yet escalates matters as appropriate.

London, Bournemouth and Edinburgh.