AML Compliance Officer - Surrey

Fantastic salary plus bonus and benefits.

Our client is a highly respected vendor and equipment finance company who operate across a broad range of assets and due to growth are looking to recruit an AML Compliance Officer.

In this role, you will report directly to the Deputy MLRO to ensure the management of all risks in relation to money laundering and terrorist financing.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day customer due diligence (CDD) and know your customer (KYC);
• KYS on suppliers;
• Performing World-Check, FORCES and media searches;
• Liaise with Deputy MLRO re: escalated transactions, answering queries as required;
• Escalating transactions to HO Compliance where required, including research undertaken, system notes, completion of escalation form(s) and use of group tools for reporting;
• Liaise with Sales teams and portfolio review and vendor risk (PRVR) team to obtain KYC/CDD information, as required;
• Identification of Beneficial Owners; Negative news; PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons); ESR (Environmental Social Risks):
• Carry out CDD Reviews in accordance with group and local AML policy;
• Ensuring that all CDD escalations are correctly documented; producing KPIs on a quarterly basis using this data;
• Ensuring that the PEP register is maintained;
• Perform Periodic Reviews on live clients;

This role sits within the AML Compliance function and the key responsibility for the AML Compliance Officer is to support the AML Compliance team.

Contact

In the first instance, please send your CV in confidence to Lucy Davies at

Salary range up to £90,000 plus competitive end of year paid annual bonus plus a wide choice of company car