Hybrid Senior AML Executive

Posted 13 hours ago

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About the role

  • Senior AML Executive enhancing compliance and managing due diligence within OpenPayd’s financial operations. Collaborating with First Line teams and ensuring adherence to AML and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a Second Line point of escalation for First Line AML teams, reviewing and assessing complex, high-risk or sensitive onboarding and due diligence cases.
  • Provide risk-based guidance and challenge to First Line colleagues on AML, CDD, EDD, Sanctions and Financial Crime matters
  • Review and assess First Line risk decisions, ensuring consistency with internal policies, regulatory requirements and risk appetite.
  • Resolve escalations from First Line teams, documenting rationale and outcomes clearly and proportionately.
  • Delivering training within the department, and mentoring to First Line staff, and new starters.
  • Conducting Quality Control on applications and providing SME feedback.
  • Conducting Compliance calls with customers, ultimately assessing the customers controls and compliance program
  • Proactively identifying and sharing areas of improvement in the due diligence processes and procedures.
  • Presenting case files, and an overview of Processes during internal and external compliance audits
  • Drafting and enhancing compliance policies and procedure

Requirements

  • An expert in Compliance with a comprehensive knowledge and experience within Financial Services Compliance with a minimum of 3 years AML experience
  • In-depth knowledge of AML, CTF, and Financial Services regulations, as well as industry best practices for robust AML Frameworks
  • Background in CDD and ongoing assurance of complex client types and corporate structures
  • Proven experience in the UK/EU regulated financial services sector - preferably within a fintech, challenger bank, correspondent banking, or consultancy firm.
  • Experience working with Digital Asset service providers is also beneficial
  • The ability to self-manage, organize competing priorities effectively and meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor, and deliver training in a confident cohesive manner
  • You enjoy working efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and thrive when there's ambiguity
  • Experience of working in fintech
  • Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability and attention to detail
  • Good inter-personal skills
  • Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, and be able to present credibly and professionally to senior management
  • Able to build strong relationships with peers and business counterparts

Benefits

  • Personal training budget - £3000
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Discounted gym membership - £80 towards any gym
  • Corporate discounts via PerkBox
  • Travel loan
  • Company Pension plan
  • Health, Dental & Life Insurance
  • Wednesday office breakfasts, office fruits and a full bar & regular team socials
  • 25 days annual leave plus the Bank Holidays, extra day off for Birthday & Social Volunteering

Job title

Senior AML Executive

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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