Financial Crime Compliance, Senior Analyst

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it. Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque.

Our solutions help fix these pain points. Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement.

FX and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in emerging markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets.

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it. Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque.

Our solutions help fix these pain points. Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement.

FX and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in emerging markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets.

Our FCC team works across a broad range of financial crime compliance areas, including anti-money laundering, sanctions, counter-terrorist financing, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud. We do not hire candidates to cover only one of these areas; instead, we cross-train the team across the broader financial crime risk framework.

This role sits within the Financial Crime Compliance Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The role supports second-line investigations into unusual activity reports received from Transaction Monitoring and across the business, assessing whether there are reasonable grounds for suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing and escalating cases to the MLRO or Nominated Officer for determination.

• Lead complex unusual activity investigations arising from system-generated alerts or business escalations, documenting the analysis, evidence considered, conclusions and recommended next steps.

• Escalate potentially suspicious activity to the MLRO or Nominated Officer for SAR determination and, where instructed, prepare and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) through the NCA portal accurately and within required timescales.

• Liaise with Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) when required

• Build effective stakeholder relationships by attending and presenting at relevant committees and forums, including the Transaction Monitoring and Transaction Screening Working Groups and the High-Risk Customer Forum.

• Conduct deep-dive reviews of transactional activity and thematic reviews, identify material findings and control gaps, and present clear conclusions and recommendations to relevant stakeholders, forums and…