Financial Crime & Sanctions Analyst
Role Overview
Junior-level, second-line role in the Financial Crime and Sanctions Team within the firm's Legal Department.
Supports day-to-day financial crime and sanctions controls, with a focus on client due diligence, monitoring, sanctions, gifts and hospitality, and remediation.
Analyzes financial crime, sanctions, and reputational risks of existing clients and escalates key issues to senior team members.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Junior-level, second-line role in the Financial Crime and Sanctions Team within the firm's Legal Department.
Supports day-to-day financial crime and sanctions controls, with a focus on client due diligence, monitoring, sanctions, gifts and hospitality, and remediation.
Analyzes financial crime, sanctions, and reputational risks of existing clients and escalates key issues to senior team members.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate client reverifications, collect and analyze due diligence records, reduce the existing backlog, and report progress.
- Review records, conduct research and screening, and keep client risk assessment information current and suitable for stakeholder review.
- Monitor high-risk clients and matters, check enhanced due diligence and clearance conditions, and escalate increased risks.
- Analyze sanctions matches and gifts and hospitality requests, escalating issues in line with applicable procedures and policies.
- Deliver CDD and AML remediation and targeted client-file reviews within regulatory standards, priorities, and project timelines.
- Support quality control, data and trend analysis, regulatory reporting, audits, internal records, risk projects, and new systems and tools.
Team and function
The global Financial Crime and Sanctions Team advises on compliance with financial crime and sanctions legislation and provides guidance on reputational risk matters.
The Legal Department manages the firm's risk exposure and advises partners on legal and compliance issues.
Requirements
- The role is described as junior-level.
- Ability to analyze financial crime, sanctions, and reputational risks of existing clients.
- Ability to identify, gather, and review client due diligence materials and records.
- Ability to escalate key issues and increased risks to more senior team members.
- Ability to work to structured project timelines and defined volume and quality targets.
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