An international financial services organisation is looking to appoint an experienced AML Transaction Monitoring Vice President to join its Financial Crime Compliance function on a contract basis.
This is a senior, hands-on position with responsibility for helping manage and enhance the firm's AML transaction monitoring framework, with a particular focus on scenario tuning, threshold calibration, testing and optimisation.The role would suit an established Financial Crime SME who combines strong technical transaction monitoring expertise with experience operating within a corporate and/or investment banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and enhance the firm's AML Transaction Monitoring programme.
• Lead and support the review, tuning and calibration of transaction monitoring systems, including scenarios, thresholds and models.
• Use data and analytics to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of transaction monitoring controls.
• Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts, escalating potentially suspicious activity where appropriate.
• Support transaction monitoring system implementations, upgrades and wider change initiatives.
• Conduct second-line oversight and quality assurance across areas including AML, KYC, sanctions and client due diligence.
• Support the ongoing development of financial crime policies, procedures and controls.
• Monitor regulatory developments, FCA expectations and emerging financial crime risks.
• Assist with internal suspicious activity reviews and regulatory or law-enforcement information requests.
• Produce financial crime MI and support senior management reporting.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on AML/CFT, sanctions and wider financial crime matters.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and support to junior members of the Financial Crime Compliance team.

Experience RequiredThe successful candidate is likely to demonstrate:

• Significant second-line Financial Crime Compliance experience.
• Strong SME-level knowledge of AML Transaction Monitoring.
• Proven experience of transaction monitoring tuning and calibration, including scenarios, thresholds and models.
• Experience using analytics to improve transaction monitoring effectiveness.
• Strong knowledge of UK financial crime regulation, FCA expectations and relevant AML/CTF legislation.
• Previous experience within Corporate Banking and/or Investment Banking.
• Exposure to capital markets and/or corporate banking products.
• Broader knowledge of KYC, sanctions, suspicious activity reporting and financial crime controls.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across Compliance and the wider business.
• Previous team management, mentoring or supervisory experience would be beneficial.

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