Financial Crime Analyst - Willow Resourcing : Job Details

Looking for a broad Financial Crime role with plenty of opportunity for development?

You’ll be working for an established, market-leading firm that is growing fast, both here in the UK and internationally. You’ll support the MLRO helping to ensure the business operates in full alignment with UK and international money laundering regulations.

You’ll conduct thorough KYC, CDD and source of funds / source of wealth checks on new and existing customers, including both individual and corporate clients, ensuring adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.

You’ll perform EDD on high-risk customers and escalate cases to the MLRO when necessary. You’ll also identify any red flags or suspicious behaviour and escalate potential cases of fraud, money laundering and/or terrorist financing for further investigation.

This is a customer-facing role, and you will need to communicate clearly with customers over the telephone as well as by email to request further documentation and clarify any issues.

You’ll have at least 2 years’ experience in a broad Financial Crime covering CDD, EDD, PEPs and Sanctions screening, Transaction Monitoring, SARs reporting, Fraud etc., having an excellent working knowledge of relevant regulations including MLR 2017.

Unusually, previous Financial Services experience is not essential for this role, and we’re interested in hearing from Financial Crime specialists from all sectors.

This is a predominantly office-based role. The firm’s offices are right next door to New Street Station in Birmingham City Centre and so ideal for public transport links.