Financial Crime Compliance Officer / DMLRO Compliance

The Role:

Headquartered in London and with 30+ offices worldwide, the firm is a Global FinTech provider that aims to apply new technologies to enhance and automate financial services and processes. This allows small and medium-sized businesses to trade and transact internationally by eliminating boundaries related to more traditional procedures.

Ebury Mass Payments Limited - DIFC Branch is regulated by the DFSA as a licensed Money Service Provider. The FCC officer will work closely with the Head of Compliance and MLRO of the UK FCA regulated parent entity.

Role requirements:

• Must have basic knowledge of international sanction regulations (UN, EU, UK and US)
• Must have previous experience CDD / EDD requirements in the UK an the UAE 
• Must be a team player but can adapt to work independently when required
• Can demonstrate the ability to effectively manage stakeholder expectations 
• Ability to adapt to a fast changing global business environment  
• Must be able to work well under pressure and be proactive in completing cases under time sensitive conditions
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills allowing the candidate to identify financial crime risks and address them accordingly
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• High competency in Microsoft Office suite and Google Docs software (desired)
• Compliance qualification (ICA or equivalent) (desired)
• Candidates should be fluent in English.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that financial crime risks in transactions, sanctions, EDD, screening and PEP escalations are identified, assessed, managed and reported in a timely manner; 
• Responsible for efficiently managing cases in workflow and being proactive in helping with   ad-hoc tasks;
• Conducting end-to-end financial crime risk assessments on new and existing clients;
• Reviewing financial crime red flags raised by the first line of defence;
• Making decisions/recommendations on appropriate actions in relation to financial crime issues raised within the escalation framework;
• Present FC risk assessments and recommendations to senior stakeholders;
• Articulating policy and regulatory requirements that the firm complies with to the front office and operational KYC teams;
• Assisting the HoC / MLRO building out new policies and procedures;
• Carry out daily Horizon Scanning to ensure that Ebury’s Policies, Procedures and Controls remain fit for purpose in light of any relevant regulatory updates;
• Develop and draft Compliance policies and procedures, outlining firm policies, regulations and best practices;
• Maintain and develop Compliance owned procedures in relation to activities such as Country Risk Scoring, Product Risk Assessment and Customer Risk Rating Methodology;
• Create, update and deliver financial crime training materials as well as identifying new areas where the business may require training due to emerging risks and trends.
• Assist the MLRO with regulatory reporting returns with the DFSA and any other applicable regulator

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