Purpose of the role:
This role involves leading a team who are responsible for the assessment and on-going management of investor and client CDD for Jersey, Guernsey and the UK offices, ensuring that adequate policies and procedures are in place to satisfy locally adopted regulations to detect and prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism in each of the 3 jurisdictions.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the on-going development of the team including performance and development management of direct reports and defining succession planning within the wider team
- Recognising the key risk management activities undertaken by the team and implementing a plan for the timely completion of such activities including and ensuring that the Periodic File Review Programme (PFR) is effectively co-ordinated and completed within the team and annually review the PFR Process to ensure it remains fit for purpose
- Act as MLRO on client entities and their Financial Service (Jersey) Limited entities as required
- Act as the point of escalation for complex CDD enquiries or exceptions requested
- Evolve management reporting to enable reliable forecasting of CDD activity to resourcing
- Present regularly to management over work performed and work scheduled and resource matching
Skills required:
- Self-motivated and capable of prioritising and organising workloads as required
- Ability to identify the role of the AML team in terms of wider risk management
- Ability to lead a team of people
- Ability to take ownership and demonstrate initiative, to negotiate, influence, build consensus and successfully navigate within a demanding environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills are an essential requirement in order to develop close working relationships with colleagues and business contacts
- Ability to demonstrate a team player attitude, with good time management and organisational skills