Jobs, fresher vacancy - Financial Crime Officer • Merseyside

Company: SW Group

Merseyside

Job DescriptionWhat will you be doing? We're seeking a talent individual to join our Financial Crime team in Liverpool or Glasgow.The team is responsible for Financial Crime monitoring and advice on all relevant financial crime issues to the Professional Services.As a Financial Crime Officer, your responsibilities will include among othersRisk assessments and CDD - Provide support with risk assessments and CDD enquiries about non-standard requirements and verification issues considering all appropriate risk factors involved. Review and approve EDD for higher-risk potential clients with ability to clearly articulate any changes in risk rating. Undertake additional research and due diligence, preparing client summary, and escalating to the MLRO as requiredOngoing Enhanced Due Diligence - oversee and document enhanced ongoing monitoring of higher-risk clients (including PEPs, adverse media and any other clients that have been deemed higher risk by Financial Crime)Provide advice and assistance to the business and onboarding team in respect of the application of the CDD requirements to client-specific scenariosSanctions/PEP/Enforcement Screening - oversee the management of the escalated alerts resulting from the screening of the new and existing clients against Financial Sanctions, PEP and Enforcement lists ensuring that all potential matches are promptly investigated, concluded, or escalated as appropriateCDD files and client monitoring - undertake regular monitoring of onboarding client files (Low and Medium Risk clients) and identify any potential training needs that onboarding may require as a resultManagement Information - support in the population, gathering of data and timely delivery for monthly compliance reports, financial crime dashboards, regulatory reports and any other ad hoc reports when requiredFinancial Crime policies and procedures - proactively update and maintain all relevant Financial Crime procedures, registers and logs to ensure accurate record keepingSuspicious activity reports - collect relevant information using appropriate sources and systems and draft reports for the submission to NCA, Action Fraud and any other relevant authorityGeneral advice and Financial Crime matters - providing appropriate, consistent advice on financial crime matters to line management and staff, escalating issues as necessary