Financial Crime Associate

Rev & Regs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Rev & Regs is partnering with a well-established retail investment management firm in London to recruit a Financial Crime Associate on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

The role focuses on onboarding assessments, AML compliance, and monitoring activities, with a requirement to work 3 days per week in the City of London and a salary of £65,000 per annum plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in a retail-focused investment management business.
• Knowledge of AML, bribery and corruption controls, sanctions and high-risk reviews.
• Experience with trade surveillance or market abuse monitoring systems, e.g. Liquid Metrix.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with senior colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, plus analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding assessments and enhanced due diligence for high-risk clients.
• Conduct financial crime monitoring and help develop compliance controls.
• Analyse daily trading activity to identify market abuse or insider dealing.
• Assist investigations and reporting to regulators and authorities.
• Coordinate responses to legal requests and warrants with deadlines.

Skills

Retail-focused investment management

Anti-money laundering compliance

Trade surveillance / market abuse

Stakeholder management

Analytical / investigative abilities

Excellent written and verbal comms

Tools

Liquid Metrix

Job description

Rev & Regs is partnering with a well-established retail investment management firm in London to recruit a Financial Crime Associate on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Support client onboarding assessments and enhanced due diligence reviews for existing clients identified as presenting elevated financial crime risks.
• Conduct financial crime monitoring activities and contribute to the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of compliance monitoring controls.
• Analyse daily trading activity to identify and investigate potential market abuse, including suspected insider dealing.
• Assist with the investigation, escalation, and reporting of suspicious activity to the relevant regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
• Coordinate responses to formal investigative requests, legal orders, and warrants, ensuring all information is handled accurately, confidentially, and within the required deadlines.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to promote a positive compliance culture and support effective financial crime risk management.
• Participate in additional anti-money laundering projects, demonstrating initiative, sound judgement, and a solutions-focused approach.

Experience and Skills Required

• Previous experience within a retail-focused investment management business.
• Practical knowledge of anti-money laundering and financial crime compliance, including anti-bribery and corruption controls, sanctions, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk client reviews.
• Experience using trade surveillance and market abuse monitoring systems, ideally including Liquid Metrix.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with senior colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside strong analytical and investigative abilities.

Location: City of London, 3 days per week in the office.

Salary: £65,000 per annum, plus benefits package.