Director – Financial Crime Compliance Policy & Assurance

Compliance Professionals; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Compliance Professionals is seeking a Director – Financial Crime Framework & Assurance to lead the ongoing development, implementation, and oversight of a global Financial Crime Compliance framework within a real estate/private equity context. The role ensures adherence to laws across jurisdictions and drives risk-based decision making.

The candidate will design policies, implement risk assessments, and lead monitoring programs while coaching the compliance team and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Background in financial crime compliance in investment management or real estate.
• Experience leading organisational change and strategic compliance initiatives.
• Experience designing and delivering compliance monitoring and assurance programmes.
• Experience drafting and implementing risk-based compliance policies, standards and procedures.
• Experience conducting enterprise-wide compliance or financial crime risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing applicable legislation across jurisdictions and tracking regulatory change.
• Develop and maintain financial crime policies, standards and procedures with global consistency.
• Implement and maintain enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessments.
• Design and oversee the Financial Crime Compliance monitoring programme.
• Develop QA methodologies covering due diligence, screening and other processes.
• Identify control weaknesses and oversee remediation activities.
• Drive continuous improvement across the global Financial Crime Compliance programme.
• Provide technical leadership across the Financial Crime Compliance function.
• Coach and develop Managers and other members of the Compliance team.
• Promote consistent policy application and risk-based decision making.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and other control functions.

Skills

Financial Crime Compliance

Investment Management

Real Estate

Leadership

Compliance Monitoring

Policy Drafting

Risk Assessments

Organisational Change

Stakeholder Management

Job description

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a privately held company that invest in and develops real estate. The successful candidate must have Real Estate or Private Equity Financial Crime experience.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Director – Financial Crime Framework & Assurance will be responsible for supporting the continued development, implementation and oversight of the global Financial Crime Compliance framework. The incumbent must ensure that the Business adheres to all applicable laws in the jurisdictions it operates in.

• Reviewing applicable legislation in various jurisdictions and tracking regulatory change, working with local advisers
• Develop and maintain financial crime policies, standards and supporting procedures. and ensure global consistency while reflecting local legal requirements
• Implement and maintain enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessments
• Design and oversee the Financial Crime Compliance monitoring programme.
• Develop quality assurance methodologies covering due diligence, screening and other financial crime processes.
• Identify control weaknesses and oversee remediation activities.
• Drive continuous improvement across the global Financial Crime Compliance programme.
• Provide technical leadership across the Financial Crime Compliance function.
• Coach and develop Managers and other members of the Compliance team.
• Promote consistent application of policies and risk-based decision making.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and other control functions.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Background in financial crime compliance in investment management or real estate
• Experience leading organisational change and strategic compliance initiatives
• Experience designing and delivering compliance monitoring and assurance programmes
• Experience drafting and implementing risk-based compliance policies, standards and procedures
• Experience conducting enterprise-wide compliance or financial crime risk assessments