Compliance - Screening Alerts Administrator - 4 month contract

Compliance - Screening Alerts Administrator - 4 month contract

Location

London

Business Area

Legal, Compliance, and Risk

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Bloomberg's Legal and Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address a variety of complex legal issues that come with being the world's leading financial news and information company. Our team is made up of talented and hardworking professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively in an open environment to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. Diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we strive to maintain an environment where our employees are empowered to make an impact. We also recognize the value and importance of giving back to our communities, as evidenced by our award-winning pro bono programme.

Based in London, a fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Global Financial Crimes Screening Team (which is part of the Global AML Compliance Team). In this role you will be providing support to the Global Screening Programme, more specifically the management and clearance of ongoing screening alerts.

This is a great opportunity for you to develop your knowledge and skills around Financial Crimes risk management processes and controls, working with colleagues to implement the Global Screening Programme.

The Global Financial Crimes Screening Team provides support to certain Bloomberg entities and products, both regulated and non-regulated, by helping to manage and mitigate the risk of these products and services being used to facilitate Financial Crimes.

We'll trust you to:

• Review the (ongoing monitoring) screening alerts for Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Adverse Media in a timely and diligent manner
• Annotate and disposition the alerts in line with the provided guidance/procedures
• When required, escalating Sanctions/Adverse Media/PEP alerts (hits) to relevant compliance teams and liaising with them
• Being familiar with the regulated entities' definitions of PEP and Adverse Media as well as adhering to the relevant parts of the AML and Sanctions policies
• Performing basic research and investigation when required to discount hits
• Identifying and escalating any additional potential Financial Crimes concerns to the relevant Senior Management during the screening alerts review process
• Supporting the Anti-Bribery and Corruption and Sanctions Compliance teams with their screening requirements
• If needed performing client static data updates within the internal systems
• Assisting with MI to track the ongoing screening review process

• 1+ years of experience in CDD/KYC or similar administrative role
• Experience with using screening tools such as Lexis Nexis
• Experience with Sanctions, PEPs and Adverse Media screening
• Basic knowledge of risk factors in Financial Crimes, Sanctions, Bribery & Corruption, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing & Political Exposure
• The ability to meet strict deadlines/set targets
• Dedication to resolve pending queries or assigned tasks in a timely manner
• Ability to learn new systems and tools quickly
• Excellent attention to detail

• Experience in working with LexisNexis
• Experience of CDD/KYC reviews
• A motivated individual who thrives in a dynamic, collaborative and international environment
• Knowledge of foreign languages would be a plus

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.