Remote Senior Financial Crime Risk Associate

EY; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EY GDS Poland is seeking a Senior Risk Associate to join the Global Delivery Services Central Financial Crime Team. You will support the development and execution of EY’s 1st line of defence compliance processes, focusing on due diligence, sanctions screening, and risk profiling for clients.

You will collaborate with senior team members and Risk Management across a global network, delivering insights and guidance while contributing to continuous improvement of financial crime controls.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment to meet commitments.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Adopts a client first approach, prioritising responsiveness, quality and clear articulation.
• Ability to work in a global environment,
• Good analytical skills with a logical mind‑set
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Conduct research into clients (corporates and individuals) using public and subscription services to support their identification and verification.
• Critically analyse due diligence information in support of ‘Know Your Client’ procedures to identify where further information is required.
• Perform screening on clients to identify Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons and Adverse Media, ruling out false positives as needed and escalating potential hits for further analysis.
• Perform a risk assessement of clients using the due diligence gathered to support the formation of a risk profile for each client.
• Support and provide direction to less experienced members of the team, offering solutions and guidance.
• Lead project work when requested by Managers and own the delivery of agreed outputs within agreed timelines.
• Liaise directly with client serving teams to convey requests in clear, consistent language.
• Encourage client serving teams to work directly with the Central Financial Crime Team to build trust.
• Contribute towards the testing and validation of technology systems used to support financial crime prevention when needed.

Skills

Deadline-driven

Analytical thinking

Client focus

Global collaboration

Logical mindset

English communication

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

PowerBI

MS 365

Job description

EY GDS Poland is seeking a Senior Risk Associate to join the Global Delivery Services Central Financial Crime Team. You will support the development and execution of EY’s 1st line of defence compliance processes, focusing on due diligence, sanctions screening, and risk profiling for clients.

You will collaborate with senior team members and Risk Management across a global network, delivering insights and guidance while contributing to continuous improvement of financial crime controls.