Financial Crime Risk Senior Associate

Financial Crime Risk Senior Associate

 

Location: Wrocław - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

 

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The opportunity

 

We are seeking a Senior Associate who will support with the development and execution of EY’s global 1st line of defence compliance processes. The role will be part of the Global Delivery Services (GDS) team who provide enablement services to the EY network, including risk management. The opportunity is to join the GDS Central Financial Crime Team who are responsible for the execution or financial crime prevention controls across the EY network.  

 

The Senior Associate will obtain, review and critically analyse Client Due Diligence as part of our commitment to comply with non-negotiable laws, including Anti-Money Laundering and supporting compliance with Economic & Trade Sanctions. The Senior Associate will be a trusted advisor to Risk Management and client servers, supporting on the evaluation of risk in support of the timely acceptance and continuance of client work.

 

The roles offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work with senior members of the Global Financial Crime team as well as members of the Risk Management executive more broadly, to increase visibility and awareness of EY’s financial crime programs throughout the business.

 

Your key 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 and attributes for success

 

• 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

 

To qualify for the role, you must have

 

• 2 to 3 year’s work experience. Previous experience with Anti-Money Laundering, Economic and Trade Sanctions or Anti-Bribery and Corruption would be an advantage.
• Well-developed analytical, interpersonal, and communication (both verbal and written) skills in English
• Intermediate level of knowledge in MS Office
• An awareness of recent global events linked to financial crime and economic and trade sanctions.
• An external qualification in financial crime prevention would be an advantage although is not a requirement for the role.

 

Ideally, you’ll also have

 

• Experience in MS office suites like Microsoft 365, MS excel, PowerPoint
• An awareness of Machine