AML Assurance Testing Analyst

IRIS software Group; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Location Leeds or Slough/Heathrow Approach, UK

This is a Full Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

Join IRIS Software as an AML Assurance Tester and play a key role in ensuring that our Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies, procedures, and controls are being followed effectively. Your work will help keep IRIS compliant, strengthen our financial crime defences, and support key stakeholders in improving processes.

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in AML, KYC, or regulatory compliance, who enjoys working with different teams, analysing data, and making practical recommendations. You’ll be working closely with the Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (DMLRO) and other key teams to track, test, and improve AML processes, helping IRIS stay ahead of legal and regulatory requirements.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Developing and maintaining a structured assurance testing framework to regularly review AML processes.
• Conducting testing to ensure compliance, identifying areas for improvement, and helping teams address any issues.
• Engaging with stakeholders to discuss findings, gather feedback, and refine recommendations.
• Maintaining a register of identified issues and agreed actions, tracking progress until completion.
• Providing regular reports and insights to the MLRO and DMLRO on testing results and key trends.
• Contributing to the annual financial crime risk assessment, ensuring IRIS’s financial crime risk appetite remains up to date.
• Staying informed on AML regulations and industry best practices, sharing ideas for continuous improvement.

What Are We Looking For?

• Experience in AML, KYC, or assurance testing within a financial, accountancy, or regulatory environment.
• Strong understanding of the UK’s AML legislative framework.
• Proficiency in Office365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, ensuring tasks are tracked and completed.

Why Join IRIS?

• Career Growth – Be part of a growing compliance function with opportunities to develop your expertise.
• Supportive Team – Work alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative environment.
• Make an Impact – Your work will directly help strengthen IRIS’s financial crime controls and compliance.

If you’re looking for a role where you can apply your AML expertise while making a real difference, apply today!

Due to high interest, we encourage early applications.

About IRIS

As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.

IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.

Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.

Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.

It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.

That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.

IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.

They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.

We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.

These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.

IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.

This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.

We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success.