Senior Policy Adviser – FATF Mutual Evaluation Preparation

jobs24.co.uk; Darlington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

In dieser spannenden Rolle spielen Sie eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Vorbereitung des Vereinigten Königreichs auf die bevorstehende FATF-Bewertung. Sie werden eng mit verschiedenen Stakeholdern zusammenarbeiten, um sicherzustellen, dass der UK-Regime den internationalen Standards entspricht. Ihre Fähigkeiten im Projektmanagement und Ihre Fähigkeit, Beziehungen zu wichtigen internationalen Partnern aufzubauen, werden entscheidend sein. Diese Position bietet die Möglichkeit, einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf die nationale Strategie zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung zu haben, während Sie in einem unterstützenden und flexiblen Team arbeiten, das Wert auf Wohlbefinden und Work-Life-Balance legt.

Benefits

25 Tage Jahresurlaub

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

Generöse Elternzeit

Betriebliche Altersvorsorge

Fahrrad-Leasing

Aktive Mitarbeiter-Netzwerke

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Zusammenarbeit mit verschiedenen Regierungs- und privaten Stellen.
• Starke Fähigkeiten im Projektmanagement zur Überwachung komplexer Programme.

Responsibilities

• Leitung der Vorbereitung auf den FATF Mutual Evaluation Report 2028.
• Entwicklung von Beziehungen zu internationalen Stakeholdern zur Verbesserung der UK-Vorbereitungen.

Skills

Projektmanagement

Zusammenarbeit mit Stakeholdern

Organisationsfähigkeiten

Kenntnisse über AML/CFT

Education

Bachelor-Abschluss

Zertifizierung im Bereich Anti-Geldwäsche

Tools

Projektmanagement-Tools

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting role which offers scope for the successful applicant to work across the UK’s Economic Crime regime, playing a key role as the UK prepares for its next assessment by the Financial Action Task Force? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Team

The Sanctions and Illicit Finance team (SIF) is a friendly, busy, outward-facing team of c.30 people. We develop policies and legislation to address economic crime and illicit finance in the UK and overseas, to help protect the stability of the global financial system.

The team is made up of 6 branches:

1. Economic Crime Strategy Unit (ECSU), one of the team’s domestic-focused branches, which works with the Home Office, DBT, law enforcement and the private sector to deliver economic crime strategy.
2. Anti-Money Laundering Unit (AMLU), which owns the Money Laundering Regulations and the supervisory system which oversees compliance with them.
3. Sanctions and Counter Terrorist Financing branch, which works with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and others to craft financial sanction regimes.
4. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and International branch. This branch leads our strategy towards, UK preparations for, and input into, meetings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and leads work on tackling international illicit finance. FATF sets global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards and peer reviews countries against them.
5. Technical Assistance Unit, which works with developing countries to assist their compliance with international standards on countering illicit finance.
6. FATF Mutual Evaluation Preparation Unit. The team’s newest branch is leading preparation across the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime for the UK’s upcoming evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force.

The branches of the SIF team work closely together, and you will be encouraged to work flexibly with other branches in response to particular pressures. SIF encourages flexible working arrangements. We put a high importance on wellbeing and a good work-life balance, with regular team social activities. We are committed to being an open and inclusive team; please speak to the hiring manager about our approach to fairness and diversity in recruitment.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

1. Play a key role in driving the UK’s system-wide preparations for our next FATF Mutual Evaluation Report, ensuring we get the best possible results in 2028. This would involve leading on drafting and coordination for discrete parts of the review, particularly those concerning the UK’s national coordination on AML/CFT issues, but also taking a broad view of preparations to ensure progress, deputising for the G6 Head of FATF Mutual Evaluation Preparation where necessary.
2. Work collaboratively with leads across all parts of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime, to identify and address gaps in the UK’s compliance with FATF standards and bring together a comprehensive and coherent body of evidence of the UK’s effectiveness to present to the FATF.
3. Develop relationships with key international stakeholders, including in the FATF Secretariat and in other countries’ AML/CFT regimes, to ensure UK preparations are informed by the more up-to-date views on AML/CFT effectiveness and help influence their views of the UK system.
4. Project manage the complex Mutual Evaluation preparations across the UK regime to ensure timely progress, working with stakeholders to ensure they meet agreed milestones and using effective project management tools to identify and respond to any challenges in programme delivery.

About You

You will be someone with excellent collaboration skills, and an ability to work collegiately across a broad range of stakeholders ranging from government (Home Office, FCDO, DBT, HMRC, SFO, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, devolved governments), to regulators (e.g. FCA), the law enforcement community (e.g. National Crime Agency, police forces), private sector businesses, civil society groups, and international representatives from FATF. You will be responsible for building and overseeing effective stakeholder relationships, and using them to bring together the best possible body of evidence for the UK’s MER.

You will need to have strong project management and organisational skills, able to manage delivery of the multi-year programme of work to prepare for the MER and oversee the secretariat function for the cross-government governance function underpinning preparation across the UK’s regime.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

1. 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
2. Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours).
3. Generous parental and adoption leave packages.
4. Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28%.
5. Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
6. A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity.

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form.