Senior Financial Crime Advisor

We’re working with a world-leading global law firm to appoint a Senior Financial Crime Adviser. Based in London, you’ll provide financial crime and sanctions advice across the UK, US and EMEA, helping the firm navigate regulatory change, manage risk and strengthen its policies and controls.

You’ll have a degree and at least four years’ experience in a regulated financial crime environment. You’ll bring strong knowledge of AML/CTF requirements and international sanctions regimes, alongside excellent analytical, research and communication skills. Discretion, commercial awareness, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities are essential.

The responsibilities will include:

• Providing day-to-day AML/CTF and sanctions advice to practice groups and business units, and assessing financial crime risks in new business and client onboarding.
• Acting as an escalation point for sanctions matters, unusual activity reports and complex referrals; analysing the application of UK, US, EU and Australian sanctions regimes.
• Supporting strategic initiatives and regulatory reforms, and developing and implementing AML/CTF policies, controls and procedures.
• Coordinating stakeholder consultation and ensuring policies are refreshed in response to regulatory change.
• Identifying and assessing sanctions incidents and other financial crime risks, coordinating mitigation and remediation, and supporting investigations and post-incident reviews.
• Conducting risk assessments and gap analyses, and developing plans and controls to address identified issues.
• Maintaining audit-ready records of decisions, approvals, overrides, incidents and remediation.
• Supporting regulatory enquiries, audits and surveys by preparing evidence and briefing materials.

Bring your financial crime expertise to a high-profile global law firm and help shape its policies and response to evolving regulatory requirements.