Job Title: Financial Crime and Sanctions Consultant (FTC)
Location: London, U.K. 
Department: Compliance, Financial Crime
Employment Type: Four Months Fixed Term Contract
Work Pattern: Full-Time 

Overview:

This highly regulated and governed environment demands the closest scrutiny and the ability to understand and interpret regulations, legislation, and government policy.

The role holder will be working closely with the ABCIB European Head of Financial Crime/UK MLRO, and Heads of Compliance across ABC SA and ABC Bahrain to ensure consistent application of sanctions.

The role holder will need to be highly organized, proactive and aware of the rapidly evolving changes to the global financial crime and sanctions landscape. Interaction with regulators is expected and therefore a thorough knowledge of the risks presented to ABCIB regarding sanctions and wider financial crime are essential.

What You Will Be Doing:

As the financial crime and sanctions SME for ABCIB 2LOD Financial Crime Advisory function, develop and deliver policies, training and implementation of regulatory developments. Support the European Head of Financial Crime/UK MLRO, and:

• Advance knowledge of the international sanctions’ regimes and regulatory landscape and strategic impact of sanction regulations.
• Experience of dealing with Regulators.
• Highly experienced in the practical application of controls in relation to sanctions compliance.
• Highly experienced in providing sanctions compliance advice and guidance to management and team.
• Assist with the development and implementation of applicable sanctions compliance policies and procedures to enable the Bank to comply with internal policy and external regulatory requirements, within the Bank’s overall risk appetite.
• Highly experienced in dealing with complex financial crime matters and providing advising and guidance.
• Must have experience of conducting financial crime investigations (including sanctions), and also managing investigations being conducted by the team.
• Ensure the effectiveness of sanctions controls and with a regular approach to testing the effectiveness.
• Support the development and execution of an approved annual plan addressing the development of sanctions compliance.
• Proactively stay updated on financial crime and sanctions regulations and regulatory changes, as well as industry best practice with focus on risks.
• Ensure the identification of key regulatory changes and notification to/education of relevant departments and areas to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Establish a close active working relationship with Group Financial Crime Compliance and other key Group stakeholders.
• Support financial crime and sanctions compliance and local staff in branches and representative offices.
• Develop and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing the ‘business as usual’ investigations, advisory & escalations function to ensure sanctions compliance.
• Ensure effective intelligence sharing (both internal and external) to relevant ABCIB colleagues / bodies.
• Submit iSARs to the MLRO when relevant.
• Effectively manage the ABCIB Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance function (including team leadership and engagement with front & middle office).
• Develop and deliver financial crimes and sanctions compliance training including employee induction, refresher training, specialist and focused training.
• Manage allocated financial crime staff and their delivery of objectives and development program.
• Help promote a compliant culture across the bank consistent with the banks strategic objectives, vision, values and Risk Appetite.

Candidate Specification:

• Thorough knowledge of anti-financial crime legislation and sanctions regimes affecting ABCIB.
• Understanding of sanctions crime typologies
• An understanding of sanctions requirements, primarily UK, UN, EU, OFAC.
• Ideally sanctions or financial crime qualification
• It is highly desirable for the candidate to have 8+ years’ experience working in financial crime including previous experience as a sanctions SME.
• Strong at written and verbal influencing
• Strong participant in discussions and meetings
• Must be able to deal with staff at all levels within the organization
• Must believe in the benefit of a financial crime regime for the organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Bank ABC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants and, in accordance with applicable laws, does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment lead on: michael.williams@bank-abc.com