Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Fully remote - Ireland

About the role

Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.

We're looking for an innovative Financial Crime Compliance Manager to join the second line of defence, and act as Deputy MLRO for Ireland. You'll apply your extensive experience in financial compliance to design, lead, and improve the future of oversight and compliance. Up to shape what's next in finance? Let's get in touch.

What you'll be doing

• Developing, maintaining and updating all bank and group level FinCrime policies.
• Providing oversight and support to the identification, remediation, and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents.
• Assisting in enhancing internal control measures and developing the business risk assessment process.
• Support the MLRO in managing key regulatory relationships including with the Central Bank of Ireland and local authorities including the GNECB.
• Working closely with the MLRO to develop the MLRO Report which is presented to the Management Board, outlining the design and operational effectiveness of systems and controls for AML/CTF and Sanctions.
• Assisting senior management in defining standards to manage financial crime risks, and ensuring that these standards are applied across the organisation.
• Offering 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems.
• Ensuring FinCrime risks are considered in our day-to-day operations, such as product development and new customer onboarding.
• Supporting and delivering FinCrime training for employees.
• Participating in FinCrime-related governance committees to check-and-challenge initiative owners, identify potential issues, and propose solutions.
• Establishing, maintaining, and reviewing dashboards to identify areas that might fall outside risk appetite and require further investigation. This included the developing and monitoring of Key Risk Indicators.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions), covering a range of retail and business customers, such as KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, SARs and Fraud Reports.
• An understanding of innovative financial services products (crypto, buy now-pay later, etc.) and associated financial crime risks.
• Knowledge of anti-financial crime frameworks, such as AML/CTF and sanctions policies, and regulatory recommendations and risk management in a complex financial organisation.
• Familiarity with CBI, EBA and global requirements for financial crime controls.
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Expertise in identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advising on best practices to address those findings
• A track record of stakeholder management, and the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g., ICA or ACAMS)
• Knowledge of key regulatory issues on anti-fraud and control assessment processes.