Financial Crime Compliance Officer

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading international financial institution for an experienced Financial Crime Compliance Officer to join their UK Compliance team on a 12-month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional with strong experience in Financial Crime, AML, KYC, Sanctions, and Financial Crime Advisory within a global banking environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in advising the business on financial crime risks, supporting regulatory compliance, and strengthening the firm's financial crime framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Financial Crime Advisory support to the business on client onboarding, periodic reviews, and transaction-related escalations.
• Assess and mitigate financial crime risks relating to AML, KYC, Sanctions, PEPs, ABC, and reputational risk.
• Review and approve complex client files and financial crime risk assessments.
• Provide guidance to Front Office and Client Due Diligence teams on financial crime matters.
• Conduct enhanced due diligence and open-source investigations.
• Maintain client financial crime risk ratings and ensure accurate documentation.
• Support the development and enhancement of financial crime policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Deliver financial crime compliance training across the business.
• Monitor regulatory developments and implement changes where required.
• Produce management information and compliance reporting for senior management and governance committees.
• Support internal audits and regulatory requests.

Required Experience

• Proven experience within Financial Crime Compliance (2nd Line of Defence).
• Strong experience advising on AML, KYC, Sanctions, PEPs, ABC, and Financial Crime Risk.
• Experience conducting financial crime reviews, investigations, and client risk assessments.
• Strong knowledge of UK Financial Crime regulations and industry best practices.
• Experience working within an Investment Bank, Corporate Bank, or Global Financial Institution.
• Experience using Dow Jones RiskCenter, Factiva, or similar screening platforms.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, research, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex cases simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

If you have a strong Financial Crime background within banking and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.