Anti-Money Laundering Associate

Start date: ASAP.

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Up to £60,000 + discretionary bonus + additional benefits

Days on-site: Whilst in probation 5 days a week, then 3 days a week across a 9am-6pm working day with Monday as a core day within the business.

Location: London

Interview times: ASAP.

Anti-Money Laundering Associate is required by our client in City of London to take ownership of multiple aspects of internal, market conduct, and consumer protection Compliance, including any associated second-line controls, and manages advisory and regulatory change projects. As Anti-Money Laundering Associate, your primary focuses will be across these three workflows: complex financial crime investigations, the regulatory reporting which follows as well as regulatory correspondence.

The Anti-Money Laundering Associate will be instrumental to assist with the end-to-end investigations lifecycle of complex European investigations. You will assess investigation triggers, place and remove restrictions and manage investigations, SAR/STR submissions across different European jurisdictions and off-boarding. As Anti-Money Laundering Associate, you will conduct forensic reviews of cashiering data to detect and address suspicious transactions, patterns and activity.

Additionally, as Anti-Money Laundering Associate you will take ownership in conducting investigations with broad cross-jurisdictional aspects using publicly available sources and in-house tools to identify adverse media, connections and other information required to build client profiles, with the added responsibility of making recommendations on filing required or voluntary SARs/STRs across different European jurisdictions, as well as on further required actions, including whether exiting or retaining client relationships.

Working in a hybrid working culture, initially within probation the expectation is to be on-site 5 days a week as AML Associate. Once through this period, there is greater flexibility on a 9-6pm working day for three days a week; with Mondays being a core day for the whole business. Daily lunch is offered from a variety of vendors and additionally there are excellent benefits for this Anti-Money Laundering Associate.

Anti-Money Laundering Associate permanent profile required:

• Have at least three years’ experience within an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) or Know Your Customer (KYC) team previously investigating and sanctioning regulations. 
• Knowledge of POCA, JMLSG, EU Money Laundering Directives and the key FCA principles for businesses.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to manipulate data, produce MI, and write reports.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ideally someone who has an interest in developments with AML jurisdiction.
• A Bachelor’s degree in law, business, or finance is preferred although AML ICA, ACAMS, or similar certification or accreditation is beneficial.

To find out more about this Anti-Money Laundering Analyst permanent opportunity, please apply via the link.