Job Description
Company Description
Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what’s next. Our success hinges on our people and that’s our secret for longevity. We are a team of passionate professionals and everything we do is guided by our purpose – placing the power of good advice into more hands, we go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them. We’re here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.
Job Description
We’re seeking a talented Financial Crime Officer to join our team in London on a 6 month FTC. You will be responsible for financial crime monitoring and advice on all relevant financial crime issues primarily for the Professional Services (Tax and Business Services) Division.
As Financial Crime Officer, your responsibilities will include among others:
- Sanctions/PEP/Enforcement Screening – overseeing the management of the escalated alerts resulting of the screening new and existing clients, and payments, against Financial Sanctions, PEP and Enforcement lists ensuring that all potential matches are promptly investigated and escalated when required
- AML - Deal with enquiries about non-standard AML verification issues. Review, research and approve EDD for higher-risk potential clients (Medium & High Risk), escalating concerns to the Financial Crime Manager, Associate Director or Deputy MLRO/MLRO as appropriate. Provide advice and assistance in respect of the application of the Professional Services AML requirements to client-specific scenarios
- Ongoing Enhanced Due Diligence – Overseeing enhanced ongoing monitoring of higher-risk clients (i.e. clients residing in jurisdictions outside of the approved low risk list, PEPs and any other clients that have been deemed higher risk by Financial Crime)
- Management Information - Support in the population of data for monthly compliance reports, financial crime dashboards and any other ad hoc reports when required
- Financial Crime policies and procedures – Overseeing the maintenance of all financial crime registers and logs to ensure accurate record keeping
- General advice and financial crime matters - Assist with providing appropriate, consistent advice on financial crime matters to line management and staff, escalating issues as necessary
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should:
- Experience in a similar role, preferably for an accountancy/audit or business advisory services firm
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to convince and persuade others, specifically directors, using diplomacy to convey to the business the necessity of their active participation in financial crime matters
- Good level of computer literacy - ability to utilise internal systems etc., with good writing skills
- Strong analysis skills and sound judgement with the ability to analyse correctly in a timely manner, making systematic and rational judgement based on relevant information and experience
- Willingness to maintain up-to-date knowledge of the rules, regulations and guidance in respect of all aspects of financial crime and keep abreast of relevant financial developments that may affect the industry and understand their potential impact on the business
- Good inter-personal skills, with a determined and proactive approach, and excellent attention to detail
Desired:
- An industry qualification would be an advantage, or willingness to undertake relevant study
Additional Information
As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners you will have access to benefits that include:
- Competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Pension contribution
- Hybrid working model (role dependant)
- Generous holiday package
- Option to purchase additional holiday
- Shared parental leave
We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.
We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.
