Deputy MLRO

Fraser Carver Executive Search are working with a fast growth financial services company in the City who are looking for an experienced financial crime professional to join their expanding compliance team as a Deputy MLRO. My client operates in the specialist lending space and as such the ideal candidates will have prior experience gained within the consumer credit/ lending space.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The DMLRO is responsible for assisting and where appropriate deputising for the MLRO in ensuring that the firm complies with all relevant and applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (including sanctions) legislation and regulations.

• Oversight of the firm's AML/CTF and Sanctions compliance programme
• Maintaining policies and procedures and ensuring approrpriate change and version controls are completed as such.
• Assiting in the creation and delivery of staff training
• Overseeing the KYC Analysts in their duties to ensure compliant day to day onboarding of customers and investors (including, if necessary, where Enhanced Due Diligence is required)
• Advising and supporting the business as required
• Receiving, investigating and where necessary reporting any suspicious activity to the National Crime Agency (NCA)
• Deputising for the MLRO at Financial Crime Committee and/or Senior Management meetings
• Assisting with the accurate production of management information (including but not limited to, weekly case load statistics, quarterly MLRO reports and the Annual MLRO Report)
• OVersight of investor and funding line portfolio management
• Assisting the MLRO in any ad-hoc projects or assignments as required

The jobholder will also be expected to be the deputy point of contact with the FCA, NCA and other applicable law enforcement agencies, as well as liaising as appropriate with the relevant sanction bodies such as HMT's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as required.

This role will be based full-time on site in my clients offices in central London. Hybrid working is not available for this role so please keep this in mind when applying. Please reach out for a more detailed job description.