Apprentice Financial Crime Analyst

Our client who is a large Lloyds Broker has an excellent opportunity for an Apprentice within the Financial Crime team in London. The role will provide practical application including Sanctions and Adverse media Screening, Know Your Customer (KYC) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks and validation, forming part of theOnboarding responsibilities. Investigations and reporting being integral to the role, no two days are every the same.

Main Duties:

• Provide support and advice to colleagues on financial crime processes and procedures.
• Working closely with the broking teams to ensure the business is gathering sufficient information to conduct required KYC/ DD checks.
• Conduct customer due diligence including identification/verification checks, risk classification and financial crime risk evaluations.
• Screening of customers and related names against sanctions and watchlist databases, and continued monitoring, using online screening tools.
• Determine whether True/ False matches and escalate to appropriate and defined referral pathway.
• Carry out identification checks and screening on customers where relevant.
• Support the transaction monitoring process across the business and reporting any concerns to the nominated MLRO.
• Review existing policies and procedures to ensure they are up to date.
• Provide input on the development of new policies and procedures resulting from internal practices.
• Check the maintenance of adequate customer identification records.
• Assist with compliance reviews when required.
• Provide support and advice to the Business on first line financial crime controls.
• Deciding if relationships or entities present a risk. These may include Political Exposed Persons (PEP) or Government Owned Entities (GOE) and refer via appropriate pathway i.e. manager/Risk and Compliance/ Committee as required.

Key Skills Required:

• On target or completed 3 A-Levels or equivalent (Grade C or above)
• At least 5 GCSES (grade C or above)
• Strong IT skills
• Effective time management skills.
• Ability to work within a team or individually
• High attention to detail
• Strong communication skills written and verbal

What you need to know:

• Permanent role
• Based in London
• Salary £23,000
• A great opportunity that would suit a School/ college leaver looking for a trainee/ apprentice role within a growing organisation with lots of training and development opportunities.

REF: 9618

Interested? Please apply today and we will contact you by return.

MW Appointments has been recruiting in the Insurance market since 1992, so you will benefit from partnering with a market leader who possess in-depth technical understanding, comprehensive market in-sight, excellent market intelligence and well-established relationships with companies across the insurance sector.

MW Appointments is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.