Head of Sanctions & Surveillance and DMLRO
£115k - £130k
Location: West End (Hybrid)
A globally recognised private bank within London is looking to expand their Financial Crime Compliance team, seeking to recruit for an experienced and hard-working professional to join the position of Head of Sanctions and Surveillance.
This is a key role within the Financial Crime Compliance Team and part of the wider Compliance department.
The FCC Team is staffed by subject matter experts cross trained in all areas of financial crime - specifically due diligence, sanctions, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, ABC, and fraud.
Head of Sanctions & Surveillance and DMLRO has principal responsibility within the firm for:
- Managing all topics related to sanctions & embargoes within the firm including (but not limited to (i) advisory work (ii) risk assessments (iii) training (iv) procedures (v) reporting and (vi) technical guidance with respect to sanctions screening solution investigations
- Day-to-day oversight of the Team tasked with managing alerts generated from overnight screening (Pythagoras), real time sanctions screening (GT Exchange), transaction monitoring (SironAML) and Override / Blocks
As part of this work, the role holder is required to write comprehensive written reports about clients / transactions / prospects that can be clearly understood.
The role-holder also has additional responsibility as Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
The Head of Sanctions & Surveillance and DMLRO is supported by and works closely with other FCC colleagues and has access to and additional support from the Head of Compliance UK and the MLRO.
The Head of Sanctions & Surveillance and DMLRO will liaise with Client Relationship Officers (CROs), Senior Management and external bodies such as OFSI, UK Finance, National Crime Agency & law firms.
Our client is looking for talented experts with extensive knowledge of sanctions advisory and are eager to begin the interview process immediately.
For further information please contact me on jfranklin@venngroup.com or call me 020 7557 7667 and we will endeavour to come back to you as promptly as possible
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