Financial Crime Manager - Newcastle or London

Within the professional services environment, the application of effective risk management is fundamental to both successful delivery of client services and promotion of our brand. The Risk Management (RM) function provides technical support and expertise to enable delivery of high quality services for fair fees and minimise the possibility of litigation or damage to our reputation.

UK RM supports Ernst & Young LLP (EY) in the delivery of services in compliance with Global, Regional and local risk management policies and procedures. This includes the development, maintenance, communication and training of key RM policies, providing advice on complex risk matters and monitoring the application of these policies.

At EY, managing financial crime risks relating to anti-money laundering (AML), terrorist financing, anti-bribery controls, sanctions compliance, tax evasion, facilitation of proliferation finance and fraud are a high focus, not least because of the level of external scrutiny we are under as regulation and industry best practice continues to evolve.

The opportunity

There is need for an experienced Manager to join the Financial Crime Team working for the RM Regulatory Directors to support the development and oversight of the financial crime control framework.

The challenges: (1) to manage the processing of suspicion reports arising from the business, investigate as necessary and make recommendations to the MLRO/DMLRO on subsequent actions and (2) support a programme of work that will continuously enhance the way EY controls and manages financial crime risk.

Your key responsibilities

You will join the EY financial crime team as a Manager providing guidance on application of UK Money Laundering Regulations in both specific cases and development of firm-wide training. You will support the delivery of work optimizing EY LLP’s financial crime controls.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Management of the Suspicious Activity Report process
• Investigation into complex SARs
• Deliver training on SARs and suspicion to bespoke teams
• Assist in the conduct of the Firm’s financial crime risk assessment
• Draft the annual MLRO Report
• Develop the testing framework and monitor the effectiveness of the financial crime control framework relating to suspicion reporting.

Skills and attributes for success

• Expertise in application of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
• Experience as a Manager operating a financial crime regulatory compliance programme in a sophisticated business environment
• Experience preparing suspicion reports for submission to the National Crime Agency
• Experience in drafting key regulatory and board-level business reports
• Excellent personal communication skills, capable of building strong networks in a large organisation and engaging effectively with people at all grades of experience and seniority
• Influencing skills
• Ability to take difficult decisions and provide substantiated arguments
• Managing time to juggle the competing demand of concurrent projects

To qualify for the role you must have

• Minimum 3 years previous experience in a similar role
• Proven ability to establish a high degree of credibility, respect and trust at all levels
• Ability to build relationships across the firm (jurisdictions and service lines), in particular with senior personnel
• Effective planning and organising skills to prioritise key areas of responsibility, tasks and projects

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Degree-level education and subsequent professional qualification, ideally in regulatory compliance
• Manager level experience at a large, matrixed environment