Financial Crime Analyst - Energy Firm - London

A leading Energy firm is looking for someone to join their Compliance Team to be part of their centralised Due Diligence team which supports their Global Business. As part of this role you will be expected to be proactive, make decisions and provide your recommendations as part of high-risk cases when escalating to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Performing assigned tasks as part of on-boarding, regular and event-driven review of counterparts;
• Conducting Sanctions, PEP and Adverse Media screening in accordance with procedures and escalate accordingly;
• Collecting and verifying information and documentation obtained;
• Where valid reasons exist to deviate from KYC standard documentation ensuring the rationale is appropriately documented and approved, clearly stating identified risks and mitigating factors;
• Managing case load and take ownership by tracking with business owners to ensure cases complete in a timely manner;
• Liaising with business owners and management to clarify, investigate, escalate and resolve issues as they arise;
• Document outcomes of due diligence performed;
• Undertaking additional activities as directed by the Senior Analyst;
• Working together with the global Compliance team.

Experience

• Experience in Due Diligence
• Experience of Conducting sanctions, PEP and Media screening.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail;
• Excellent IT skills

Personal Characteristics

• Highly responsive, proactive, energetic and enthusiastic;
• Self-starter, with excellent organisational skills and ability to establish and deliver on priorities;
• Can work independently;
• Effective collaboration both within a team and across the organisation;
• Solution and results oriented with a common sense approach;
• Well organised, disciplined and able to follow through;
• Able to work across organisational and cultural boundaries;
• Flexible and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
• High level of personal integrity.

For a confidential chat about this or other roles he is handling please contact Matt Pollard in the Jameson Legal London office.