Financial Crime (Financial Security) Advisory Officer

at  CRDIT AGRICOLE CIB

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Financial Crime is commonly referred to as Financial Security at Crédit Agricole. In London the department is split into 3 teams:

• FS Advisory and Governance
• Fraud Prevention & Special Investigations
• Quality Assurance.

This vacancy sits within the FS Advisory and Governance team. FS provides CA-CIB London Branch and Crédit Agricole SA (CASA) London Branch with controls and procedures in order for the bank to comply with the internal FS (financial crimes and sanctions) policies & procedures, local regulatory obligations and the bank’s objective of reducing financial crime within the financial sector.

The role requires involvement, as required, in assisting FS to fulfil its legal and regulatory obligations in the UK. This hands-on role requires substantial contribution in the day-to-day activities of the team. The expectations on the independence of performing the below listed key responsibilities varies depending on experience.

• Advisory - provide opinions and assessments, from a financial crime perspective, on higher risk credit requests, transactions, payments and clients;
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) - provide opinions and assessments on high risk clients;
• Live Payments - Act as an escalation point / 2LoD reviewer for payments filtering and customer screening alerts;
• Reporting – Contribute to and/or deliver management information to senior management and London committees;
• Projects – Assist in and/or lead on some local and group projects across the multiple work streams. This may include representing FS in working groups, leading local projects, working with various stakeholders (internal / external) and attending events.
• Training – Assist in the development and delivery of some local training initiatives;
• SME Escalation Point – Provide financial crime subject matter expert (SME) guidance and support to stakeholders across the London branch as well as non UK stakeholders
• Other – Ad hoc and new tasks as required within the FS London team