Senior Financial Crime Operations Analyst

at  Shieldpay

THE OPPORTUNITY

Shieldpay are looking for a Senior Financial Crime Operations Analyst to join our Financial
Crime Operations team supporting the Head of Financial Crime to c
The role will be required to assist with the authoring and editing of financial crime operational procedures, process collateral and track progress made on the implementation of enhancements to the financial crime framework. This role will work closely with the second line Compliance team to ensure all processes and associated documentation are effectively mitigating against the financial crime risks posed to the business. Occasionally this role will be required to support the operational team with the onboarding and ongoing monitoring of complex financial crime cases

• Work with Compliance to enhance the Business Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment.
• Work with the Head of Financial Crime to implement controls required as a result of the Financial Crime Risk Assessment.
• Author and enhance procedures relating to Financial Crime Operations activities.
• Ensure these procedures mitigate financial crime risks and work with the Compliance team to have them reviewed and signed off by relevant stakeholders.
• Track and report to senior management and the board on enhancements to the Financial Crime framework.
• Ensure procedures are kept up to date and manage the ongoing review of first line procedures and controls.
• Working with Reg Tech providers to understand their offerings and how they can meet the requirements of the business to enhance our first line controls and product offerings.
• Work with IT to enhance the financial crime operations systems by writing requirements and work with IT on refinement of IT capabilities.
• On occasion, perform KYC on a wide range of client types and risk, in particularly enhanced due diligence, complex ownership, etc and perform Quality Checks (QC) on KYC files completed by members of the team.
• Act as an escalation point for the Financial Crime Operations team and deputise for the Head of Financial Crime when necessary.