Financial Crime Manager, Financial Advisory

Teneo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advisory firm in Greater London is seeking a Financial Crime Manager. This role involves supporting the Financial Advisory Business by managing financial crime functions across various jurisdictions. Responsibilities include risk management, drafting reports, and collaborating with internal departments. The ideal candidate has at least 4 years of experience in financial crime or AML within professional services, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Excel. The position offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Market-leading salary

28 days holiday

Cash benefits allowance

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Company pension scheme

Healthcare insurance

Investment in personal development

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Life assurance

Cycle to work schemes

Social and charitable activities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years experience of Financial Crime and/or AML in a professional services organization.
• Competency in the use of Excel.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Risk Officer in managing financial crime procedures.
• Work closely with Internal Audit to identify financial crime risks.
• Lead development of financial crime risk management.
• Collaborate with MLRO to maintain financial crime control framework.
• Perform financial crime risk assessments.
• Draft regional MLRO annual and mid-year reports.
• Support investigations of Economic Sanctions and high-risk escalations.
• Draft suspicious activity and money laundering reports.

Skills

Financial Crime

AML

Excel proficiency

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organisational skills

Education

ICA Diploma level or equivalent

Job description

The Role

The Financial Crime Manager supports Teneo’s Financial Advisory Business. The Financial Advisory Business operates globally with presence in UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Germany, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Mexico, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, UAE and USA, in many of these jurisdictions we have local regulatory compliance requirements and Teneo now has an opportunity for a Financial Crime Manager who will support the day to day running of the firm's financial crime function across a range of jurisdictions.

As a Financial Crime Manager, you will be expected to assist the MLRO in developing the financial crime function, including acting as a point of escalation for their reports and managing the financial crime issues tracker.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Risk Officer, MLCO and MLRO in the management of the approval and publication of financial crime procedures and maintenance of supporting policies
• Work closely with the Internal Audit, Testing and Take-on functions to ensure financial crime risks are identified and resolved in a timely manner
• Lead the development and maintenance of financial crime risk management through tracking, reporting and assessing the impact of global issues regionally
• In close collaboration with the MLRO maintain the financial crime control framework and coordinate any corresponding enhancing actions
• Perform financial crime risk assessments with support from the MLRO
• Undertake the research and collate the information necessary to draft the regional MLRO annual and mid-year reports
• Support the first line of defence with investigations of Economic Sanctions, PEP and other high-risk escalations
• Undertake initial drafting of suspicious activity and defence against money laundering reports

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years experience of Financial Crime and / or AML in a professional services organisation
• Competency in the use of Excel
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• ICA Diploma level or equivalent
• Experience of support in writing policies and reports
• Experience of participating in risk assessment process

The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach is tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we support our clients to identify and pursue opportunities to create and restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, achieve their strategic goals. Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefit their business and / or investment goals.

Integrating the disciplines of financial advisory, management consulting, investor relations, strategic communications, government affairs, risk analysis and talent advisory, Teneo’s global Financial Advisory team guides companies and their stakeholders throughout various stages of their lifecycles. We help address the challenges a business faces, whether that is targeted performance improvement, or delivering a route to recover value, our focus is delivering certainty from uncertainty.

What can we offer you?

New joiners are supported by an induction programme. As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and rewards, including;

• Market-leading salary
• 28 days holiday
• Cash benefits allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Healthcare insurance
• Extensive investment in personal development & learning
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.