Laundering Reporting Officer; Crypto

What You'll Be Doing

• Maintaining and improving group Fin Crime policies
• Providing oversight and support on the identification, remediation, and resolution of Fin Crime-related risk incidents
• Assisting senior management in defining standards to manage financial crime risks, ensuring these standards are applied across the organisation
• Offering 2
  
  LoD support to the business and 1
  
  LoD Fin Crime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
• Ensuring Fin Crime risks are considered in our day-to-day operations, including the development of new products and taking-on of new customers
• Supporting the maintenance of Fin Crime training provided to all employees
• Participating in Fin Crime-related governance committees to check and challenge initiative owners, identify potential issues, and propose solutions
• Establishing, maintaining, and reviewing dashboards on an ongoing basis to identify areas that might fall outside risk appetite and which require further investigation
• Preparing reports for leadership, and escalating any key or high-risk financial crime compliance issues

• 8+ years of experience in Fin Crime (AML/CTF and sanctions)
• Knowledge of various business and retail topics, such as KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, and reporting (SARs)
• Experience with crypto products
• An understanding of both innovative financial services products (crypto, buy now-pay later, etc.) and their associated financial crime risks
• Familiarity with anti-financial crime frameworks, including AML/CTF and sanctions policies
• Expertise in global requirements for financial crime controls
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Experience identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advising on best practices to address those findings
• A track record of stakeholder management, and the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively
• Fluency in English

• A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g., ICA, ACAMS)
• Excellent knowledge of key regulatory issues on anti-fraud and control assessment processes
• To be eager to develop expertise in cryptocurrency regulations