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About the role
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are now recruiting for a Senior Financial Crime Manager and Deputy MLRO to join the team. You'll be supporting the Group Head of Financial Crime and MLRO with overseeing and maintaining effective AML and financial crime controls across HL Group, acting as Deputy MLRO representing the MLRO when required, ensuring consistent application of regulatory standards are maintained across 1st and 2nd line teams at HL Group.
What you'll be doing
- Reporting directly to the Group Head of Financial Crime (GHoFC) and MLRO you will be responsible for designing and managing the 2LOD controls testing plan and performing the role of Deputy MLRO across all 4 of HL's regulated entities.
- Acting as Deputy MLRO in supporting the GHoFC/MLRO in overseeing all AML and financial crime controls at HL including the 4 key controls teams of Financial Crime Advisory, Fraud, Market Abuse and AML/Sanctions Screening.
- Monitoring and overseeing AML and financial crime controls testing for each of the HL Groups 4 regulated entities at HL including HL Asset Management, HL Active Savings, HL Advisory and HL Fund Managers, providing risk and controls testing to ensure 1st line controls are operating effectively and in line with HL AML & Financial Crime Prevention Policy and MLRO expectations.
- Designing and implementing a consistent 2nd Line of Defence (LoD) capability for assuring that AML and financial crime controls (1LoD and 2LoD controls) for Anti Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions/PEPs, Bribery and Corruption (ABC), AML transaction monitoring, fraud and SAR reporting and investigating, are robust and correctly executed across HL to effectively manage AML and financial crime risks.
About you
- Experience as a Deputy MLRO
- SME in AML or financial crime
- Experience in CDDKYC procedures, AML transaction monitoring, ABC, Sanctions/PEP screening, tax evasion and SAR investigation and reporting.
- Experience in a 2LOD oversight and testing role
- Detailed knowledge of Money Laundering Regulations and FCA best practice
- Understanding of regulatory requirements to assess the operating effectiveness of controls
- Excellent knowledge of products and services offered within an Asset Management/Wealth/Platforms or financial services firms
- Performance and results oriented with strong attention to detail, able to deliver high quality results within tight deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, including report writing skills
- Able to work independently with minimum direction
- Ability to work with key stakeholders in 1st and 2nd line
Interview process
The interview process will be two stages, including a presentation task and psychometric
assessment.
Working Schedule
This role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This is a permanent full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern of working in the office and at home.
Why us?
Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
- Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
- 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
- Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
- Enhanced parental leave
- Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
- Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
- Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
- Private medical insurance*
- Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
- Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
- Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
- Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
- Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
- Two paid volunteering days per year
*dependant on role level
** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.
