Financial Crime Associate

Key Responsibilities

• Support client onboarding assessments and enhanced due diligence reviews for existing clients identified as presenting elevated financial crime risks.
• Conduct financial crime monitoring activities and contribute to the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of compliance monitoring controls.
• Analyse daily trading activity to identify and investigate potential market abuse, including suspected insider dealing.
• Assist with the investigation, escalation, and reporting of suspicious activity to the relevant regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
• Coordinate responses to formal investigative requests, legal orders, and warrants, ensuring all information is handled accurately, confidentially, and within the required deadlines.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to promote a positive compliance culture and support effective financial crime risk management.
• Participate in additional anti-money laundering projects, demonstrating initiative, sound judgement, and a solutions-focused approach.

Experience and Skills Required

• Previous experience within a retail-focused investment management business.
• Practical knowledge of anti-money laundering and financial crime compliance, including anti-bribery and corruption controls, sanctions, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk client reviews.
• Experience using trade surveillance and market abuse monitoring systems, ideally including Liquid Metrix.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with senior colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside strong analytical and investigative abilities.

Location: City of London, 3 days per week in the office.

Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract.

Salary: £65,000 per annum, plus benefits package.