Consultant Financial Crime Advisory - London, United Kingdom - Capgemini

Capgemini

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Title:
Associate Consultant / Consultant - Financial Crime Compliance Advisory:

Associate Consultant / Consultant - Financial Crime Compliance Advisory

Job Location:
London
**Full Time role

Capgemini has an exciting opportunity for a Associate Consultant / Consultant **to join the EMEA FCC Advisory Solutions team based in London. This position forms a vital part of a team that advises the world's leading Financial Institutions and Fintechs on FCC laws, regulations and best practices. FCC expands beyond Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions & Embargoes and includes Anti-Fraud and Investigations, Anti-Bribery & Corruption as well as other criminal offenses affecting a financial organization. Consultants will work individually or in teams on a range of assignments, across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, getting hands-on experience in developing analytical and technical skills to deliver high-quality, advisory, risk assessment, audit and assurance services. This will include undertaking thorough research and analysis, participating in client interviews, working alongside colleagues with expertise in sanctions, governance, financial crime risk, and compliance. The reviews will involve evaluating the adequacy, comprehensiveness and effectiveness of clients' financial crime risk management and control frameworks to provide assurance to management and where weaknesses are identified, recommend improvements.

What you'll do:

Draft work programs designed to evaluate the adequacy, comprehensiveness and effectiveness of client's governance, risk management and compliance arrangements, systems and controls.

- Execute work programs through interviews, review of available documentation and sample-based testing.

- Performs financial crime related end-to-end assessment activites for financial institutions with accuracy and in a timely manner.

- Evaluate adherence to applicable internal policy requirements and governance structures as well as relevant laws and regulations.

- Perform critical impact analysis on client programs,assist in making strategic recommendations and through a written report.

- Assist in investigating and reporting issues, as needed, conducting inquires, obtaining and reviewing necessary documents and interviewing client staff, as appropriate.

- Identify risks and deficiencies in processes and controls, isolate root causes of problems and recommend solutions to address complex issues.

- Work with client staff to agree on corrective actions to strengthen governance, risk management or compliance programs, processes and controls.

- Prepare reports and presentations that articulate the results/conclusions of the review activities.

- Assist on other strategic and tactical client projects to increase client offering.

- Develop an understanding of business operations and regulatory guidance/expectations.

- Ensure proper and effective communication (including developing reporting) is in place.

- Performs FCC investigations into permissibility of certain activities in line with UK, EU and US regulatory requirements.

- Develop effective working relationships with team members and stakeholders.

- Develop a professional understanding of business regulation - both consumer and market-facing - including anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, governance and systems and controls.

- Perform assigned work independently or within a small team, with some guidance, typically reporting to a more senior member of the team.

- Proactively ensures that tasks and related activities are completed in a timely fashion

Knowledge & Skills:

Ability to quickly understand complex processes to identify and evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key governance, risk management and compliance controls in financial services, large corporates and the public sector.

- Excellent analytical skills with a good attention to detail and accuracy.

- Strong written and oral communications skills with demonstrated report writing skills.

- Ability to prioritize activities.

- Ability to handle confidential information in a discreet, professional manner.

- Ability to engage in critical thinking and perform thorough reviews of large quantities of documents and reports efficiently and effectively.

- Ability to adapt quickly to legal and regulatory language and synthesize data into client consumable information.

- Ability to analyze large volumes of customer data and transactions (e.g. wires, cash letters, letters of credit).

- Thorough knowledge of standard audit procedures and control testing routines.

- Knowledge of anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, governance, systems, controls and regulations a plus.

- Understanding of IT controls a plus.
**- Passion for financial crime