AML Quality Assurance Analyst (12 Month FTC)

This role is part of a small AML team which ensures that the businesses requirement to ensure Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations are met.,

• Perform transaction monitoring.


• Identify financial crime risks on client accounts and carry out investigations via publicly available sources and specialist databases.


• Perform first line QA monitoring of new accounts to ensure client files are complete, accurate and in line with company policies.


• Conduct PEP, sanctions and adverse media screening.


• Provide subject matter expertise on AML to areas of the business.


• Ensure policies and procedures are followed.


• Assist with writing and updating procedure documents.


• Assist with training and implementation of new processes to increase quality of the CDD reviews across the business.


• Keep abreast of latest developments relating to Anti-Money Laundering and other forms of financial crime.


• Assist investment managers when required with questions relating to periodic reviews, SOW, risk assessments and information gathering.


• Assist with periodic reviews and trigger events.


• Assist with BAU tasks and other ad-hoc projects.
  
  Strong working knowledge of guidance and regulations relating to AML.


• Strong attention to detail.


• A proactive individual that can self-manage own work and deadlines.


• Ability to review accounts and identify financial crime concerns.


• Ability to work with people at all levels and across the business.


• Experience in conducting PEP, sanction and adverse media screening.


• Knowledge of trust, corporate and offshore structures.


• Advanced knowledge of Excel will be an advantage.


• Preferably experience working on transaction monitoring.


• Preferably experience working within investment or wealth management.


• Preferably a qualification relating to Finance Crime (e.g. ICA).


• Preferably a law degree or similar
  
  At Close Brothers Asset Management, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients. We are part of Close Brothers, a FTSE 250 leading UK merchant banking group.


We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 800 people based in 14 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down., At Close Brothers, we are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our employees. Our donations continue to increase year on year thanks to our fundraising efforts and matched giving schemes to our employees' favourite charities. We continue to seek out new ways to give as a group and to help employees who give their valuable time and money to causes close to them.

To find out more detail please follow the link below:

https://www.closebrothers.com/charity.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose, and we recognise that to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term, we also have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, employees and customers, now and into the future.

To find out more detail please follow the link below:

https://www.closebrothers.com/sustainability.