Team Leader (Anti-money Laundering)

Our client is looking for an experienced Team Leader to join them, where you lead, structure and motivate the existing team of AML Administrators.

Ideally, we are looking for the successful candidate to have previous AML knowledge, or experience working in a regulated environment, however above all, we need someone who can lead, take charge and motivate a team.

Making suggestions to processes and ensuring continued improvements are made.

Duties:

• Support the training of new joiners and ongoing coaching of existing members to improve performance, ensuring continuous improvement of overall Team skillsets


• Ensure Service Level Agreements (“SLAs”) are met or exceeded within relevant Teams, and that FCA Regulatory Requirements are consistently met


• Support management of daily workload and resources to ensure all work and tasks are undertaken, supporting where appropriate


• Support the Head of Compliance & MLRO in implementing all financial crime related policies


• Motivate team members to achieve daily results, and consistently drive role model behaviours


• Conduct customer due diligence identification/verification checks, risk classification and financial crime risk evaluations of new customers, beneficial owners & Partners


• Support team performance review and objective setting


• Hold regular 1:1 meetings with Teams to review overall performance and highlight areas of positive performance or areas of concern; reviewing individual performance and contribution of Team members


• Maintain a positive, open, and honest line of communication with the overall Team, peers and other internal Departments


• Monitor absences and address according to agreed procedures


• Populate and maintain Management Information (“MI”) reports for the Financial Crime Team Managers to analyse, demonstrating Financial Crime Team performance and adherence to requirements


• Support Financial Crime Team Managers with control performance including oversight and liaison with Controls Team and 2nd Line Risk & Controls


• Represent the Financial Crime Team as an SME to ensure appropriate input to projects, systems and process design where requested


• Handle any escalations or queries in a timely manner, ensuring Treating Customers Fairly

This is an opportunity to join a leading organisation, where you will be rewarded for your hard work.

This role offers hybrid working.

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