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About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Financial Crime Risk, you will play a critical role within the Quality Assurance (QA) function, supporting the organisation’s commitment to robust financial crime compliance. This position is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and enhancing the effectiveness of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls through targeted assurance activities.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, and Operations to drive continuous improvement and promote a strong risk culture.

You will also:

• Design and execute AML QA reviews, including operational and targeted testing, to assess the effectiveness of key controls.
• Identify control gaps, weaknesses, and areas of non-compliance, and provide actionable recommendations to address findings.
• Support the development and maintenance of the AML Quality Assurance framework, methodologies, and testing tools.
• Monitor regulatory developments and industry trends to ensure assurance activities remain current and risk-aligned.
• Prepare clear, concise, and insightful reports for senior management and governance forums.
• Collaborate with relevant business units and teams to validate findings, agree on remediation actions, and track implementation progress.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including automation and data-driven testing approaches.
• Assist in preparing for internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and risk assessments.
  
  

About You

• Proven experience in a compliance, audit, risk, or governance role, in a diverse business.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute assurance programs of work to identify, assess and test controls and identify improvements for compliance and scalability.
• Proven track record in establishing operational processes and driving efficiency.
• Communicates effectively and relates well to a wide range of stakeholders including business and technical specialists.
• Plans, organises and prioritises tasks to manage workload and complete all requirements.
• Proactively tackles problems and opportunities, generates solutions and commits to action consistent with available facts.
• Qualifications in Risk, Compliance, Legal, Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism Financing or Internal Audit
• Professional certification(s), i.e. CAMS, CPA, CIPP.
• Ability to build and maintain strong internal relationships.