Senior Financial Crime Officer

Senior Financial Crime Officer | London Market Insurer | London/WFH | £75 - 90,000 (doe)

Finitas are delighted to be partnering with a growing London market insurer in their search for a Senior Financial Crime Officer to join their team. This is a newly created role as they are growing out their financial crime team. You will be reporting into the Head of Financial Crime and have two direct reports. You will be concentrating on the investigations and advisory side of financial crime.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead a team to deliver expert financial crime advice and guidance to the business.
• Own and manage the process for AML related verifications.
• Own and manage the process of financial crime screening alerts which have been escalated to 2LOD.
• Own and manage the annual reviews of financial crime related policies, procedures and contribute expert input to the Financial Crime Framework.
• Own and manage the Licensing & Financial Crime Schedule.
• Provide input into regular reports to key stakeholders, including the relevant Committees.
• Manage, coach and develop team members.
• Support the Financial Crime team where necessary on other matters falling within the overarching Financial Crime Framework, such as horizon scanning, financial crime controls, review and updates to policies and procedures, financial crime risk assessments, screening, financial crime projects and training.

Experience required:

• Minimum 7 years financial crime experience.
• Must have experience of working within the London insurance market.
• Previous experience within a financial crime advisory and investigation spanning multiple business lines and jurisdictions - UK, EU, US.
• Demonstrable experience leading and managing a team.
• An instinct to be proactive, identifying improvements to the ways of working, reporting and communications.
• Ability to manage own workload and that of direct reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communication skills.
• Demonstrable experience advising on licensing matters within the (re)insurance sector.
• Strong knowledge and experience in managing fraud investigations and implementing anti-fraud control frameworks.

Please note this role will be 3 days a week working in their London office and 2 days from home.

So, if you would like to be part of a newly created team and have the insurance experience, please apply now! Or alternatively, for more information, please contact Raj on / r.basra @ finitas.co.uk

Please note that if you don't have the experience above or the right to work in the UK, your application will not be considered.