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Junior Compliance Specialist

Director of Compliance

ONLY - *Temporary 3 months contract*

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Junior Compliance Specialist to temporary assist our Compliance team. The successful candidate will support day-to-day compliance operations with a focus on alerts review, analysis and closure, as well as ensuring the accuracy and consistency of compliance-related data. This role is ideal for candidates with foundational experience in AML monitoring systems and an interest in building a career in regulatory compliance.

• Monitor and review system-generated alerts related to AML (Anti-Money Laundering), sanctions, PEPs, adverse media and suspicious transactions.
• Perform initial investigations of alerts, document findings, and escape cases as appropriate.
• Conduct timely and accurate analysis and closure of alerts, ensuring rationale and decisions are well documented in line with internal procedures.
• Assist in data gathering, cleaning, and validation to support compliance reviews and regulatory reporting.
• Maintain accurate records of closed alerts and actions taken.
• Conduct in-depth research on companies and individuals using public sources, commercial and proprietary databases, and media.
• Support in generating regular reports on alert trends, risk patterns, and closure turnaround times.
• Collaborate with IT and other departments to enhance the effectiveness of compliance monitoring tools.
• Stay updated on relevant AML/CFT regulations and sanctions regimes.
• Support the Compliance team with other duties, such as due diligence, PEP/sanctions screening, and audit preparation, as required.
• Ensure compliance to all regulations and collect all information required to prepare reports and raise any compliance issues to the compliance supervisor.
• Analyse research, organise findings and summarise relevant information which to be shared and escalated to the compliance supervisor.
• Write well structured, logical and objective reports regarding any compliance matters assigned.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with current AML, Sanctions and other relevant regulations.

Internal:

Reasons for Interaction:

• CX team
• Compliance management team
• Coordinate gathering of due diligence requirements in order to review screening matches and clients’ files to bring them up to the standard mandated by the Compliance Policy.
• Reporting on Compliance issues