Money Laundering Reporting Officer - Part-Time

Money Laundering Reporting Officer, you will work as part of our Charles Street division, which operates with great success supporting professional property developers and investors to access bespoke funds for key projects including Bridging finance, Buy-to-let and Development exits.

You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the company's anti-money laundering (AML) compliance activities in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidelines. This role is crucial in ensuring the company adheres to all regulatory requirements and maintains the high standards of integrity and ethical behaviour.

As a Money Laundering Reporting Officer, we are looking for someone to:

• Fulfil the statutory obligations as MLRO as required under UK legislation and regulations, including the development, implementation, and maintenance of the company's financial crime policies, procedures, and controls
• Ensure the maturity of the AML system and control framework keeps pace with regulatory changes and updates to the risk profile and activities of the business
• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the financial crime frameworks, including risk-based due diligence, transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting (SAR)
• Manage the completion of enhanced due diligence activities for high risk customers, including engaging with Executive/senior stakeholders as appropriate
• Act as the firm's nominated officer for the purposes of investigating and disclosing suspicious activity to the National Crime Agency (NCA)
• Prepare and present key financial crime updates within key internal governance structures, including completion of the annual MLRO Report for the Board
• Report regularly to senior management and the board of directors on AML compliance status, issues, and developments
• Perform and maintain the enterprise wide risk assessment to identify key risks and set the tactical and strategic approaches to mitigating residual exposure
• Oversee compliance with Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons and customer / counterparty exits

Qualifications

Essential

• Extensive experience in AML compliance, preferably within the financial services sector
• Strong understanding of financial crime risk identification, assessment, quantification, mitigation and monitoring methods
• Technical understanding of the potential risks associated with lending products/schemes, delivery channels and services
• Highly developed analytical skills including the ability to create and communicate reports to key stakeholders
• Understanding how systems for screening, fraud monitoring, customer risk modelling and transaction monitoring operate (including inputs into / outputs from those systems)

Desirable

• Relevant certifications such as CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or ICA (International Compliance Association

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