Officer – Financial Crime Compliance

MeDirect is a Maltese digital bank, founded in 2004, with over 180,000 clients and operations in Malta and Belgium. We offer a wide range of financial services to both retail and corporate clients, including daily banking, savings, and corporate services.

We are always on the lookout for determined and hard-working individuals who are eager to take the next step in their career. At MeDirect, we strive to provide an exceptional employment experience, fostering growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Role Overview

We are seeking a proactive Financial Crime Compliance Officer to support the Bank's efforts in preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions breaches, and other financial crime risks. This role offers the opportunity to work on a broad range of compliance activities, collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, and contribute to the ongoing enhancement of financial crime controls and processes.

The selected candidate should be willing to relocate to the specified job location.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting the MLRO in ensuring compliance with laws, rules, regulations and directives issued pursuant to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, Bribery & Corruption and Sanctions regulations
• Assisting the MLRO in overseeing the Financial Crime Compliance processes in line with the Bank’s policies and procedures and regulatory obligations
• Working with the Compliance Team in the delivery and completion of the Compliance Monitoring Plan, to assess the effectiveness of processes and controls relating to Financial Crime Risks
• Assisting in the investigation and adjudication of retail and corporate client screening and ex-ante/ex-post transaction monitoring/payments alerts for both sanctions and AML purposes
• Interacting and collaborating with other departments on Financial Crime Compliance-related issues and enquiries
• Providing ongoing input and feedback on processes and tools with the aim of improving team efficiency, including AI testing models
• Assisting in requests for information and documentation received from the FIAU, Police Authorities, Courts of Malta and other authorities in a timely manner
• Performing any other duties as may be determined from time to time by the Management
  

Requirements & Qualifications

• First Degree in Banking or Compliance or an equivalent technical knowledge of the regulatory framework and common practises in compliance within the Financial Services Industry
• Certificate (or in the process of obtaining one) in Compliance or Financial Crime Prevention
• IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Financial Crime software implementation, database management and SQL knowledge. Familiarity with cloud computing and AI machine learning is a plus will be preferred
• A minimum of 12 months experience in a compliance or compliance related position will be preferred