Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate (8 months)

Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate (8 months)

Join us as a Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate.

In this role, you’ll be helping to deliver the bank-wide risk policy framework for your specialist area of Financial Crime in NatWest Boxed.

You’ll be providing your technical expertise on implementing regulatory change and upstream risks, supporting NatWest Boxed in our ongoing compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

You’ll achieve excellent exposure for you and your work, as you liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders and act as a viable ambassador for your Financial Crime specialism.

This role is available for a period of 8 months.

What you'll do

As a Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate, you’ll be helping to define and maintain the relevant risk policy and appetite, supporting your specialist area on legislation. We’ll look to you to provide guidance and opinion to the NatWest Boxed teams in line with the risk framework and within appetite as well as helping to develop and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities will include:

1. Identifying, assessing, monitoring and mitigating the risk of NatWest Boxed being involved in Tax Evasion, Bribery Corruption, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Fraud, Sanctions and the facilitation of these financial crimes.
2. Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to support with the delivery of an effective policy framework and ensuring full understanding and awareness of relevant upstream risk and regulatory changes.
3. Working closely with the NatWest Boxed teams to provide specialist input to the development of new propositions, including new products, services, innovation and the adoption of new technology.
4. Identifying and analysing material upstream risks and drafting briefing papers following industry enforcement actions or CEO letters, highlighting and tracking key impacts to NatWest Boxed.
5. Setting minimum requirements in line with external requirements and within appetite, as well as providing guidance and opinion to NatWest Boxed teams.

The skills you'll need

You’ll have financial crime knowledge, technical skills and experience, with a focus on ATE, ABC, AML/CTF, Fraud and Sanctions.

You’ll also need:

1. Commercial awareness, industry knowledge and an understanding of risk management principles.
2. Knowledge and experience of defining controls and risk management frameworks.
3. Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills, both externally and internally.
4. The ability to convey complex concepts, risks and issues in a clear and concise manner.

Job Info

Job Title: Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate (8 months)

Company: CV-Library

Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

Salary: Competitive

Posted:

Closes: Jan 11th 2025

Sector:

Contract: Contract

Hours: Full Time