Financial Crime Officer

Redmayne Bentleys Financial Crime team act as our second line of defence in all business-as-usual activities related to financial crime risks. Our Financial Crime Officers oversee our first line of defence and provide guidance on high risk and complex queries.

Our firm works in a frequently evolving regulatory environment and we are looking for someone who has a strong existing knowledge of this area and a passion for ensuring our processes and frameworks are effective.

You will also support our MLRO and the wider Compliance team with the following tasks:

• Investigating and making decisions on referrals made by first line of defence and supporting product governance in line with delegated authorities.
• Review assessment reporting and managing of Suspicious Activity Reporting and other law enforcement or regulatory reporting.
• Supporting other activities including Monitoring horizon scanning financial crime systems oversight and country risk assessment.
• Providing advice on complex queries and financial crime policy to wider areas of the business.
• Acting as a point of escalation for the business for financial crime matters.
• Supporting the process of financial crime monitoring across all relevant business areas.
• Contributing to the provision of training development and delivery of financial crime communications and initiatives.

Further specific details about the role can be found in the job description attached to this advert.

• Holds at least 1 of CISI Level 3 Investment Operations Certificate qualification or ICA Advanced Certificate/ Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and committed to obtaining the other within a maximum of two years.
• Previous work experience within the field of financial crime (such as AML/KYC)

• Knowledge of key Financial Crime regulation and guidance (such as JMLSG Money Laundering Regulations FCA Financial Crime guidance) and sources of information to support investigations.
• Awareness of regulatory frameworks associated with financial crime sanctions and AML.
• Knowledge of financial crime detection systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues and regulatory requirements.
• Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and consistency in documentation.
• Able to adapt to changing regulatory environments and processes.
• Confident ability to conduct research in support of provision of advice or decisions.
• Capable of making decisions within delegated authority & recognising when escalation is appropriate.
• High levels of professional integrity discretion and commitment to maintaining standards

Redmayne Bentley provides support for colleagues to achieve industry standard qualifications if that is something they wish to do.

We are proud of our culture of offering development opportunities for all our colleagues whether that is via developing management skills gaining exposure to new areas of the business or via secondment opportunities.

Many of our colleagues have chosen to stay at Redmayne Bentley for a long time due to these opportunities and we aim to provide you with the same experience.

We now have 150 years of history but we also have plans for a long and successful future which we would like to share with you.

At Redmayne Bentley our goal is to provide excellent personal investment services that enhance clients wealth.

It is an exciting time to be part of our firm having recently launched our new five-year business plan to improve grow and accelerate. We will achieve this through seeking operational and productivity improvements growing the investment management and financial planning services leveraging and protecting existing income lines and considering new acquisition opportunities.

As one of the UKs largest independent investment management and stockbroking firms we are committed to building a modern and diverse workplace where our people are offered unique opportunities to learn grow and develop across the financial sector.

Our friendly inclusive and collaborative environment rewards hard work with generous perks and benefits and we are genuinely committed to your wellbeing through our industry commended &You wellbeing framework.

Our future looks more exciting than ever come and share it with us.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

Respect

Responsibility

Teamwork

Integrity

We are always continuing to improve our employee benefits to support our employees lifestyles provide more flexibility and to reward and recognise excellence.

Pension
Scheme

Private
Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel Loans and Cycle to Work

Reward and Recognition Schemes

Hybrid
Working

Group Life Assurance

Generous Family Leave Entitlements

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