Financial Crime Officer

**The Role**

Reporting to the Compliance Director - Global Anti-Bribery & Corruption within a team of skilled colleagues, the Financial Crime Officer is a key contributor to the departments’ aim of maintaining an efficient, independent Compliance Function and framework. Responsibilities include:
Identify, Plan and Apply
- Support the development, implementation, embedding and maintenance of an efficient and independent Compliance Function.
- Support assessment of local financial crime legal, regulatory and business requirements against the global Financial Crime framework and, where conducted, support gap analysis to determine need for, and content of, supplementary policies, procedures, systems and controls.
- Support assessment for review and enhancement of business proposals for local financial crime procedures, systems and controls.
- Support creation of new, or update of existing, supplementary financial crime policies and procedures, and any applicable local training material.
- Support maintenance of global financial crime policies and procedures and training materials.
- Support the creation and maintenance of effective Financial Crime tools and user guides to address financial crime risks and requirements and support the efficiency and effectiveness of the First Line of Defense’s compliance with the Financial Crime framework.
- Horizon scan for regulatory developments and report any new or proposed regulation or legislation that may impact the Business to relevant Compliance stakeholders.
- Support and input into the ongoing delivery of an annual Financial Crime Compliance Plan

Support
- Provide Subject Matter Expert technical advice to the First and Second Line regarding financial crime risk identified by First Line of Defence due diligence and KYC.
- Respond to financial crime questions and enquiries from all colleagues.
- Support training to assist compliance with financial crime requirements, mitigate financial crime risk and bolster the financial crime framework.
- Champion Financial Crime Compliance across WTW, providing support, challenge and pragmatic risk-based advice and counsel to all appropriate stakeholders.
- Provide challenge and oversight on business assessment and governance of compliance and financial crime risk.
- Support in the development and update of financial crime risk assessments, providing support in the identification of legal, regulatory and financial crime risks.
- Provide regulatory advice and support to the Relevant Business and other stakeholders in understanding their responsibilities and obligations under relevant WTW policies and regulatory requirements.
- Engage with operational areas to assist with formulating compliance best-practice procedures that are balanced to meet the needs of the business, the customers and regulators.
- Support the Financial Crime Team and wider compliance function with ad-hoc strategic or operational projects as requested.
- Support with Record keeping in line with regulatory requirements and/or WTW policies and procedures.

Monitor
- Support the development of key metrics to assist identification and management of financial crime risk.
- Support with ongoing updates of financial crime risk assessments as necessary.

Engagement
- Act as a professional, trusted and transparent Business Partner to the Business and other stakeholders.
- Represent WTW in relevant industry or similar associations or groups as appropriate.
- Partner with management in the Relevant Business and foster a collaborative approach to embedding ‘compliance culture’ throughout the business and to champion the Three Lines of Defence model.
- Undertake quality and proactive engagement with the business at all levels. Proactively develop and maintain relationships with the business at all levels, to foster a collaborative approach to embedding a strong compliance culture.****:

- Foster close relationships with other Functions including Legal, Risk and Internal Audit.

**The Requirements**
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Established financial services professional with at least five years financial crime experience
- Good regulatory and corporate governance knowledge/understanding required
- Project management experience will be an added advantage
- Able to communicate & engage effectively at all levels to promote an effective and business focused compliance culture
- Good communication skills, both orally and in writing
- Able to work under pressure meeting tight timelines
- Both team player & independent
- Proactive and a self-starter
- Organized and methodical
- Commitment to continuous professional development and maintaining excellent understanding of regulatory developments
- Committed to maintaining a robust compliance culture and high ethical standards
- Always demonstrates high integrity

**Equal Opportunity Employer