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Snr Financial Crime Associate - Payments & Digital Assets

City of London Temporary £300 - £400 per day View Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Financial Crime Associate to join our Compliance and Financial Crime team. This role will play a key part in ensuring the continued effectiveness of our financial crime framework, supporting the identification, assessment and mitigation of money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions and fraud risks across a range of products and customer types.
  • Senior Financial Crime & Compliance Associate - Payments & Digital Assets.
  • high-risk client onboarding and complex transaction monitoring.

About Our Client

Retail & Institutional FX, Payments, multi-currency accounts & digital asset settlements provider.

Job Description

Financial Crime Risk Management

  • Support the ongoing enhancement of the financial crime framework, policies and procedures.
  • Provide advice and guidance on AML, sanctions, fraud and financial crime matters.
  • Conduct financial crime risk assessments and contribute to the development of appropriate controls.
  • Identify emerging risks and recommend mitigating actions.



Customer Due Diligence & Investigations

  • Review complex customer cases, undertaking enhanced due diligence where required.
  • Investigate suspicious activity and escalate matters appropriately.
  • Support the preparation and review of suspicious activity reports.
  • Analyse financial crime alerts and ensure timely and risk-based resolution.



Monitoring & Controls

  • Conduct monitoring and oversight activities to assess the effectiveness of financial crime controls.
  • Review transaction activity and investigate unusual behaviour.
  • Assist in the design and enhancement of monitoring scenarios and detection capabilities.
  • Support internal reviews, audits and regulatory requests.



The Successful Applicant

  • Experience within Financial Crime, AML, Compliance, Risk or Investigations.
  • Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, customer due diligence and transaction monitoring.
  • Experience investigating complex financial crime cases.
  • Experience supporting payment-related products or services.
  • Exposure to digital assets, cryptoassets or emerging financial technologies.

What's on Offer

  • Competitive day rate or equivalent salary.
Contact
Rob Cope
Quote job ref
JN-082026-7090057
Phone number
+44 207 776 5935

Job summary

Job function
Banking & Financial Services
Subsector
Compliance & Legal
Sector
Financial Services
Where
City of London
Contract type
Temporary
Consultant name
Rob Cope
Consultant phone
+44 207 776 5935
Job reference
JN-082026-7090057