Financial Crime Prevention Administrator - Leeds, United Kingdom - Interactive Investor

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    WHO WE ARE:

    interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future.

    We've been helping investors for over 25 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £55 billion and over 400,000 customers.

    For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 40,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs.

    We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights.

    WHAT WE STAND FOR:

    It's simple ... we want our customers to feel confident and in control, for interactive investor to go from strength to strength, and for ii to be a workplace where we can all thrive. Our customer-driven approach and bold values sit at the heart of this. We are honest, straight-talking and transparent with our customers and our colleagues. We are decisive and take ownership of what we say and deliver. We are ambitious and passionate about what we believe is right for our customers, our teams, ourselves and interactive investor.

    PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

    Reporting to the Financial Crime Prevention Manager, the Financial Crime Prevention Administrator is responsible for the effective processing of tasks within the Financial Crime Prevention team, this includes but not limited to :


    • Sending information requests to customer via appropriate channels e.g Enhanced due diligence / Source Of Wealth.


    • Processing customer responses.


    • Carrying out additional checks on ii's High Risk Customer Population.


    • Creating High Risk Customer Packs for Compliance approval.


    • Assisting the Financial Crime Prevention & other Operations teams with processing tasks.

    This role will also include building good relationships with both Financial Crime Prevention team members and other departments across the business.

    KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:


    • Advanced problem solving skills, able to analyse large volumes of data, identifying issues and providing solutions before assessing their effectiveness.


    • Thorough understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements relating to Financial Crime.


    • Evaluating Source of Wealth/Funds information where appropriate. Assisting the Compliance team with ongoing monitoring of such customers.


    • Maintain the first line of defence by ensuring Financial Crime Prevention Department adherence to business processes and procedures that are designed to meet the regulatory standards set out in the relevant FCA rules and guidance.


    • Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external contacts in order to assist in Financial Crime matters.


    • Demonstrate professionalism and integrity with all stakeholders


    • Escalate promptly any identified sanction breaches or breaches to money laundering policy/regulations to the appropriate regulatory body and line manager.


    • Use the training and competence scheme to maintain the appropriate knowledge, skills and expertise to carry out the role competently.

    Please note: this role will start Monday 29th April 2024 on a 6 months FTC.

    Requirements

    KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

    • High standard of written and verbal communication and good attention to detail. With the ability to manage difficult conversions.
    • Understanding of the regulatory environment and the standards required for client protection.
    • Highly motivated, proactive individual able to manage your own workload and take initiative to manage deadlines.
    • Advanced organisation skills with the ability to work under pressure handling multiple tasks with changing priorities.
    • Understanding of financial crime risk management across Fraud, AML and Market Abuse.
    • Advanced emotional resilience with the ability to stay calm under pressure.