Spencer & Trent Recruitment is working with a well-established financial services firm that is looking for an experienced Compliance Manager to join its expanding team based in Baker Street on a permanent basis. You will be working from the central London office 3 days a week and 1 day from home after training.

Duties include:

• Onboarding retail and corporate customers while conducting KYC and AML compliance checks
• Produce Client based risk assessments
• Act as a point of escalation for high-risk clients
• Ensuring that periodic reviews of existing clients are conducted
• Performing daily transaction monitoring and data validation
• Investigate and review transactions that have exceeded set thresholds
• Addressing ad-hoc queries from within the business on routine Compliance matters
• Provide support to the Compliance team on projects and queries along with requests from senior management
• Provide training sessions for non-compliance staff involved in client case submissions
• Assist the MLRO and deputy MLRO in preparing reports and case submissions
• Contribute to the preparation of the MLRO Annual report to management.
• Carry out periodic firm-wide risk assessments
• Carry out periodic GDPR/data protection audits within the firm

Experience needed:

• 5 years proven experience of Financial Crime Compliance
• Degree in law, finance, business administration or a related field
• Professional certification (e.g., ICA) desirable
• Knowledge of AML legal requirements and controls
• Experience in onboarding and monitoring transactions for High-Risk customers.
• Familiarity with FCA Guidance and rule book and relevant publications e.g., JMLSG
• Excellent communication and organisation skills
• Attention to detail

Salary and Benefits:

• £55,000 – £62,000 DOE
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours per week
• Private Healthcare
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Contributory pension scheme

For further details on this new and exciting opportunity, please apply today

At Spencer & Trent, we value diversity and are committed to promoting equality. We want to assure you that the language used in this advert is not intended to exclude or discriminate against anyone, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We warmly welcome applications from all parts of society and are happy to discuss any adjustments or additional support you might need throughout the application process.

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