Head Of Financial Crime Prevention & MLRO

We are looking on behalf of one of our clients, a well established company in Gibraltar, for a Head Of Financial Crime Prevention & MLRO, ideally with financial
services experience in a licensed entity. You will manage the Financial Crime Prevention team, support the development of financial crime systems, policies and processes, and manage the operational activities to ensure legal, regulatory and internal requirements are met.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Management and resourcing of the Financial Crime Prevention Team and allocate and manage workload of the team ensuring that the Department and individuals meet internal
  SLA and deliver quality service.
• Test, tune and calibrate rule sets and thresholds for transaction monitoring systems.
• Oversee the firm’s fraud, AML, CFT and PF framework, including drafting and submission of all mandatory and supplementary reports.
• Participate in the risk analysis and control of new products, services and jurisdictions.
• Maintain appropriate systems and controls to provide management information as the MLRO to other senior managers to enable the measurement and management of Financial Crime risks across the business.
• Acting as SME on key projects as designated by the Compliance Director.
• Support the review of the Financial Crime Policy and associated policies to ensure they are in line with current regulation and business developments and recommend amendments.
• SARs evaluation & reporting.

Required:

• Knowledge of E-money, Payments and Banking Regulations in the UK & EEA.
• Regulated individual, subject to approval from the GFSC to act as the Bank’s MLRO.
• Preferably previous experience working in a banking or financial services environment with in depth knowledge of financial crime and financial services regulations.
• A high level of comfort using and deploying industry IT applications that monitor AML and fraud risks.
• Experience with analysing data/reports/trends.
• Strong understanding of anti-money laundering directives and active legislation within the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the European Union.
• Solid managerial experience preferably in a banking or payments environment.