Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NatWest Group as a Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate, where you will play a critical role in delivering the bank’s risk policy framework related to financial crimes. With your expertise, you'll work directly with various stakeholders, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations while developing effective risk management strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience with ATE, ABC, AML/CTF, Fraud and Sanctions.
• Understanding of risk management frameworks.
• Ability to convey complex concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the bank-wide risk policy framework for Financial Crime.
• Identify and mitigate risks of financial crimes.
• Engage with stakeholders on policy framework delivery.

Skills

Financial crime knowledge

Stakeholder management

Risk management principles

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Job description

Join us as a Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate

• In this role, you’ll be helping to deliver the bank-wide risk policy framework for your specialist area of Financial Crime in NatWest Boxed
• You’ll be providing your technical expertise on implementing regulatory change and upstream risks, supporting NatWest Boxed in our ongoing compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• You’ll achieve excellent exposure for you and your work, as you liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders and act as a viable ambassador for your Financial Crime specialism

What you'll do

As a Senior Financial Crime Risk and Controls Associate, you’ll be helping to define and maintain the relevant risk policy and appetite, supporting your specialist area on legislation. We’ll look to you to provide guidance and opinion to the NatWest Boxed teams in line with the risk framework and within appetite as well as helping to develop and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities will also include:

• Identifying, assessing, monitoring and mitigating the risk of NatWest Boxed being involved in Tax Evasion, Bribery Corruption, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Fraud, Sanctions and the facilitation of these financial crimes
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to support with the delivery of an effective policy framework and ensuring full understanding and awareness of relevant upstream risk and regulatory changes
• Working closely with the NatWest Boxed teams to provide specialist input to the development of new propositions, including new products, services, innovation and the adoption of new technology
• Identifying and analysing material upstream risks and drafting briefing papers following industry enforcement actions or CEO letters, highlighting and tracking key impacts to NatWest Boxed
• Setting minimum requirements in line with external requirements and within appetite, as well as providing guidance and opinion to NatWest Boxed teams

The skills you'll need

You’ll have financial crime knowledge, technical skills and experience, with a focus on ATE, ABC, AML/CTF, Fraud and Sanctions.

You’ll also need:

• Commercial awareness, industry knowledge and an understanding of risk management principles
• Knowledge and experience of defining controls and risk management frameworks
• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills, both externally and internally
• The ability to convey complex concepts, risks and issues in a clear and concise manner