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Manager, Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments & Monitoring – 12 months FTC
Alternatively, Grant Thornton
At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.
With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.
Job Description:
Financial Crime Manager, Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments & Monitoring - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Open to all GTUK locations + hybrid working
NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.
Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.
The Financial Crime Team (FCT) supports the firm to effectively and efficiently manage financial crime risk and compliance. This is a senior position within the team, reporting directly to the Senior Manager, Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment & Monitoring. The head of the team is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer
Working with the Senior Manager and other senior members of the FCT, the role will involve undertaking and maintaining group-wide financial crime risk assessments designed to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks across the firm and the wider group, and a programme of monitoring activities aimed at ensuring the effectiveness of the firm’s financial crime controls
You will focus on creating and maintaining a suite of Enterprise – Wide Risk Assessments (EWRA) on the Arctic Intelligence system to ensure that the firm has a rolling programme of risk assessments in place for the key financial crime risks and that a consistent risk assessment approach is applied across the group. As part of this, you will be expected to use Arctic Intelligence and the Financial Crime Dashboard and other data to identify, assess, and report financial crime risks and controls effectiveness, and implement a controls monitoring programme of reviews and targeted testing to identify specific control vulnerabilities and make recommendations where required.
The role demands a proactive, self-motivated individual with strong analytical and communication skills and an inquisitive, methodical and thorough approach.
We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.
A look into the role
As a Manager within our Financial Crime Team, you will:
- The Manager, Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments (EWRA) & Monitoring, is responsible for undertaking and maintaining an ongoing programme of regular group-wide Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments relating to all applicable Financial Crime Risks (money laundering & terrorist financing, proliferation financing, bribery, facilitation of tax evasion, fraud, sanctions and competition law) and designed to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks across the firm and the wider group.
- This will include the design, build and maintenance of risk assessments within the Arctic Intelligence system and the gathering of data to feed into assessments.
- Maintaining and updating the EWRA Control Library within Arctic Intelligence in response to risk assessments and controls monitoring.
- Assisting with maintenance of country, industry and service line risk assessments.
- Responsible for updating the Senior Manager, EWRA & Control Monitoring, on the results of risk assessments and monitoring activities and assisting with documenting risks, assessments, recommendations, and required mitigations for onward communication to decision-makers and client engagement teams.
- Assisting with reporting on key risk indicators and the outcomes of risk assessments to the Financial Crime Risk Oversight Committee, and other governance committees, as necessary.
- Maintaining the Financial Crime Dashboard to monitor key risk indicators, build risk profiles, and identify areas for monitoring.
- In support of the EWRA, undertaking reviews as part of a programme of control monitoring activities covering the UK and group subsidiaries/affiliates and high risk third parties to ensure controls are designed in line with expectations and operating effectively.
- Undertake controls reviews to a high standard, considering the risks to be mitigated, the effectiveness of controls, and make clear recommendations for strengthening controls aligned to legal obligations and best practice.
- Answering queries from the service line quality & risk file review teams as required, to help ensure that financial crime related issues are adequately covered as part of the holistic monitoring programme.
Knowing you’re right for us
Joining us as a Financial Crime Manager, Enterprise Wide-Risk Assessments & Monitoring, the minimum criteria you’ll need is demonstrable experience of working within financial crime roles. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.
A good understanding of the requirements and best practice for a regulated firm’s financial crime risk and controls framework, including its financial crime standards and policies and specific controls such as CDD, EDD and third-party due diligence.
A strong knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements and guidelines to which the firm is subject in relation to financial crime
Experience reviewing, assessing and approving high-risk clients, third parties and other high-risk escalations such as gifts and hospitality, and knowledge of the financial crime risk management systems.
A relevant professional qualification (e.g., ICA, CAMS) is highly desirable.
The ability to conduct detailed and robust assessments and reviews, analyse complex information, identify key issues, make decisions and make clear recommendations for action.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work.
The ability to comply with the firms legal, ethical and regulatory requirements and refresh your knowledge regularly to establish yourself as a credible senior member of the FCT.
Understanding how to engage and motivate the team while building your networks across all stakeholder groups.
Self-motivated and able to deliver to multiple deadlines while maintaining high levels of service to external and internal stakeholders.
Knowing we’re right for you
Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.
Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.
Beyond the job
Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.
The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.
We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.
