Financial Crime Analyst
Milton Keynes
Job Description Connells Group have an exciting opportunity working as a Financial Crime Analyst in our office in Milton Keynes . This is a new and exciting role to support the Group Head of Financial Crime Prevention in the delivery of an effective framework/oversight of all aspects of the Group’s standards and controls to prevent the Group being used to further financial crime. Your Main responsibilities will include: Act as subject matter expert and provide technical and practical advice and guidance on general matters relating to Anti-Money Laundering and Customer Due Diligence (within Estate Agency, Lettings and Mortgage Services functions).
Work alongside other business areas to support the implementation of Group AML procedures.
Support Group functions with on-boarding and due diligence checks for various customer/transaction types (including Corporate, Power of Attorney, Trusts, Charities).
Carry out research to establish whether PEP and Sanction Matches are genuine and determine whether escalation to senior management is required.
Maintenance of Group HMRC (AML Supervision) Registrations ensuring that these remain up to date and that appropriate fees are paid on time.
Identify and escalate at the earliest opportunity any regulatory issues to the CDD/Technical Managers in a clear and accurate manner.
Assist with the preparation and review of internal procedures.
Where required by Financial Crime Technical Manager, preparation and processing of Internal Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and reporting of SARs to the appropriate agencies in accordance with Compliance Functional Procedures.
Maintenance of the Group SAR Register in accordance with Compliance Functional Procedures.
Attend Committees as agreed with the Financial Crime CDD Manager.
Ad hoc support as directed by the Financial Crime CDD Manager.
Experience Desirable: Relevant experience within Estate Agency, Financial Services or Lettings, or with particular knowledge of AML/KYC.
Knowledge of Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and JMLSG Guidance.
Understanding or experience of taking a Risk Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and Customer Due Diligence
Essential: Excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver high quality written work and reporting.
Ability to assess the impact and relevance of issues and articulate them in a clear and precise manner.
Good interpersonal and influencing skills and the credibility to work well with Senior Management and relevant external agencies.
Ability to focus on a clear purpose and interpret key aspects of a dataset or task.
Confidence to use own judgement and intuition, understanding when to escalate or seek guidance.
Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with business areas.
Articulate, confident communicator and presenter.
Confident to provide appropriate and commercially aware challenge to business areas and management.
Highly self-motivated with ability to prioritise time, to work unsupervised and to react to urgent situations.
Relevant professional qualification or willingness to work toward this.
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