Key responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise, advice and counsel to the First Line of Defence on financial crime risk, regulatory expectations, policies and procedures.
- Support the Deputy MLRO in the investigation, escalation and reporting of suspicious activity and other material financial crime concerns where required.
- Contribute to the enhancement and continuous improvement of the Financial crime framework, including policies, procedures, systems, controls and governance processes.
- Assist in the delivery of the annual financial crime compliance monitoring programme by undertaking agreed financial crime monitoring activities to a high standard and delivering results in a timely manner, including High Risk review, high risk onboard quality assurance, and thematic and targeted reviews.
- Work proactively to identify control gaps and weaknesses, determine root cause, and propose viable solutions to mitigate identified risks.
- With the support of the Deputy MLRO, agree action plans with the business as a result of monitoring work and follow up to ensure identified risks are mitigated and closed, evidencing rationale for closure and highlighting any delivery concerns.
- Provide support in the completion of the annual Business Wide Risk Assessments.
- Make or assist with the delivery of relevant reporting and MI to inform Management of the financial crime risks and their status, supporting the Deputy MLRO and MLRO with information for reports to internal committees, Executive Committee, Board and the wider Handelsbanken Group as required.
- Contribute to horizon scanning activities to identify emerging financial crime typologies, regulatory developments and industry best practice, assessing potential impacts to the business.
- Assist in training and educating the business on financial crime matters of relevance, champion a positive and effective compliance culture within HWAM, helping the business manage compliance risks effectively within their respective areas of responsibility.
- Maintain an independent mindset taking an impartial and objective view of internal practices, whilst maintaining good relationships that permit constructive and valued challenge.
- Assist as required in providing secretariat support to the Financial Crime Prevention Committee (chaired by the MLRO).
What we’re looking for
- Previous experience working within a small to medium asset and wealth management firm, with the ability to operate as a financial crime generalist across a broad range of activities.
- Minimum of 7 years financial crime prevention or compliance experience, with at least 3 years in a 2LOD function.
- Experience of working independently to assess the effectiveness of financial crime controls through quality assurance testing and compliance monitoring reviews.
- Be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills.
- Possess a proactive and solutions focused mindset.
- Be self‑motivated and capable of working independently while contributing positively within a collaborative team environment.
- Be confident to make decisions.
- Take responsibility for his/her own development.
- Be adaptable, resilient and comfortable operating within a growing and evolving business.
- Demonstrate high ethical and moral standards.
- Be highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
Why join Handelsbanken
We want everyone at Handelsbanken to feel supported, motivated, and able to do great work. That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind. In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.
The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio‑economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
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