Financial Crime Operations
LJ Recruitment · Harrow, England ·
Senior Associate - Financial Crime Operations Location: West London Job Type: 12 month FTC Salary: Up to £29,000 per annum Experience Required: 2-5 years About the Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Associate - Financial Crime Operations to join a growing Financial Crime team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a financial crime professional with experience in a UK regulated financial institution to play a key role in preventing, detecting and investigating financial crime risks. Reporting to the Manager - Financial Crime Operations, you will support the organisation's Financial Crime framework by helping to prevent, detect, investigate and report financial crime risks.
You will work across Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), sanctions compliance, fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, customer due diligence and financial crime investigations, ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements, internal policies and industry best practices.
Key Responsibilities As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for: Investigating transaction monitoring alerts and analysing customer activity to identify suspicious behaviour. Reviewing sanctions screening alerts and escalating potential sanctions concerns where appropriate.
Investigating fraud cases, including APP fraud, mule accounts, identity theft and impersonation. Conducting Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews for high-risk and complex customers. Preparing detailed financial crime investigation reports and escalating suspicious activity through internal SAR processes.
Supporting the optimisation and enhancement of transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems. Assisting with regulatory compliance initiatives and ensuring adherence to FCA, JMLSG, OFSI, HM Treasury and internal policy requirements.
Contributing to risk assessments, audits, governance activities and continuous improvement initiatives. Maintaining accurate management information, investigation records and audit trails. Coaching junior team members and sharing financial crime knowledge across the wider team.
What We're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience 2-5 years' experience within Financial Crime Operations in a UK regulated financial institution. Strong knowledge of UK AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention and financial crime regulations. Experience investigating tra...