Financial Crime Due Diligence Officer

New opportunity – 7 month contract role available

Are you an experienced Financial Crime professional with a passion for AML, Enhanced Due Diligence and risk analysis? Join on of the top tier banks in South Africa where your expertise will play a critical role in protecting the business against financial crime while supporting strategic client relationships.

Our client, a well-established corporate bank, is seeking a Financial Crime Due Diligence Officer to join their Financial Crime team.

This role partners closely with Coverage and business stakeholders to assess client desirability from a financial crime perspective. You will conduct detailed client due diligence, analyse transactional behaviour, evaluate client risk profiles and provide specialist advice on AML, KYC and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity for a financial crime professional looking to further develop their expertise within a highly regulated environment while working on complex client transactions and contributing to sound risk management practices.

If you thrive in an analytical environment and enjoy solving complex regulatory and financial crime challenges, this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

• Conduct client desirability assessments using risk-sensitive AML criteria.
• Perform Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on high-risk clients.
• Monitor client transactional behaviour and identify changes in financial crime risk profiles.
• Analyse complex client information and provide recommendations regarding financial crime risk.
• Develop a thorough understanding of financial products, contracting parties and transaction structures.
• Assess end-to-end commercial transactions to identify potential financial crime exposure.
• Provide AML and Financial Crime advice to Coverage and relevant business units.
• Critically analyse proposed transaction and deal structures from a financial crime perspective.
• Support operational KYC processes where required.
• Apply regulatory exceptions where legally permissible.
• Remain current with local and international AML legislation, regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Education

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Finance, Risk Management, Law, Commerce, Accounting or a related field.

• Experience with in Financial Crime, AML, Compliance, KYC or Enhanced Due Diligence.
• Sound understanding of AML legislation, financial crime risk management and regulatory requirements.
• Experience performing client risk assessments and due diligence.
• Exposure to banking or financial services environments will be advantageous.
• Ability to analyse complex financial transactions and client structures.

• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

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If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles.

For more information contact:

Theresa Steenkamp

Key Account Manager

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