Compliance Officer - London, United Kingdom - LHH Recruitment Solutions

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Description

Location:
London


Salary:
£35,000 - £50,000


Contract type:
Permanent - On-site


Hours: 8:00 - 18:00

Start date:
ASAP

Boutique financial services firm are looking for a Compliance Officer to join their team.

This is an exciting, growing, business dealing in high yield/distressed fixed income products and would provide an opportunity to develop and grow.


Duties will include:


  • Manage new business requests received and oversee the KYC process end to end
  • Work closely with internal teams and potentially direct with clients as required, to obtain all necessary supporting evidence to fulfil KYC due diligence
  • Liaise regularly with the business to conduct workload planning, review status of key onboardings and prioritise open requests
  • Frequently interact with key stakeholders such as Legal, Compliance, Credit and Operations to develop strong partnerships, eliminate roadblocks and ensure continuity of information flow across the groups Create quality KYC profiles ensuring accuracy, completenessand validity, incorporating multiple risk factors in compliance with global regulatory requirements
  • Manage personal workload and priority items and ensure timely escalation of key risks/issues to management
  • Keep informed of any changes to processes and procedures, regulatory change and ensure open verbal dialogue with colleagues across the EMEA region Identify and execute process improvements, provide guidance and support on key process and technology initiativesto the business

Key Skills and Experience:


  • A working knowledge of KYC/Compliance/AML procedures and standards
  • Knowledge of financial industry
  • Able to demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills with experience of conflict resolution
  • Possesses strong time management, organisational, relationship building skills Quality focused work ethic and strong controls mindset
  • Adaptable to work in an evolving and changeable environment Proactively manage and drive forward own career, identifying personal training needs for development
  • Previous experience of KYC from a banking or other compliance background

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