AML Assistant Manager

AML Assistant Manager

London/Reading

Competitive Salary & Benefits

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to take an influential role ensuring that our Legal and Regulatory obligations (and social/ ethical considerations) are met across our Professional Services business through the management of our client due diligence and KYC processes.

Please note this this role will require frequent travel between London and Reading.

About Capita | Asset Services

Capita plc is the UK’s leading provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions, with 68,000 staff across the UK, Europe, South Africa and India.

Capita Asset Services provides financial outsourcing services to a wide range of institutional, corporate, financial, fund and private clients worldwide.

What you will do:

• Identify, obtain and critically evaluating information from internal, external and specialist sources, applying a healthy level of sceptical scrutiny to risk assessments, rationale and recommendations


• Obtain and verify identity documents/ information and categorise clients according to perceived risk


• Intuitively manage and maintain folders to ensure the preservation of data whilst managing and maintaining databases suitable for the accurate tracking of client information, with the ability to provide up to date MI to the business


• Liaise and maintain a good working relationship with front line colleagues to ensure that appropriate business, considering known AML risk, is undertaken in a timely manner


• Be aware of the current Legal and Regulatory regime, relevant updates and any issues which may affect the business


• Evaluate processes, procedures, systems and controls to ensure effectiveness and where deficiencies are identified, postulate and implement improvement solutions


• Be able to provide colleague training, either periodic or ad hoc, highlighting risk and actively advocating the necessity of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing awareness and best practice


• Conduct assessments of client information against current Sanctions regimes (US, UK, EU) to provide assurance that the business is not in breach


• Create and submit reports for business risk assessment where any confirmed Sanctions matches are identified


• Act as a focal point and be able to provide guidance for Suspicious Activity Reports


• Contribute to periodic AML/ CTF quality assessments and/ or related ad hoc projects, as is required

Your experience will include:

• Working knowledge of relevant Legal, Regulatory and Industry AML/ CTF concepts such as the Money Laundering Regulations and both the FCA AML/ CTF and the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group guidance


• Recognised professional AML/ CTF qualifications


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Technical proficiency with a clear understanding of core concepts and how these affect the business


• An ability to identify and critically evaluate relevant information whilst advocating best practice at all times


• Understanding and previous use of WorldCheck, Accuity, LexisNexis or equivalent

What’s in it for you?

At Capita, training and development aren’t optional extras: they’re how we do our job. We will motivate you to perform at your peak, recognising your achievements and rewarding them appropriately. As well as a generous basic salary we also give you 23 day’s holiday, company pension scheme and access to voluntary benefit options including; child care vouchers, share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional but fun environment.

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