OpenPayd

Senior AML Compliance Executive

OpenPayd

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: St. Julian's • Malta

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Act as a Second Line point of escalation for First Line AML teams, reviewing and assessing complex, high-risk or sensitive onboarding and due diligence cases.
  • Provide risk based guidance and challenge to First Line colleagues on AML, CDD, EDD, Sanctions and Financial Crime matters
  • Review and assess First Line risk decisions, ensuring consistency with internal policies, regulatory requirements and risk appetite.
  • Resolve escalations from First Line teams, documenting rationale and outcomes clearly and proportionately.
  • Delivering training within the department, and mentoring to First Line staff, and new starters.
  • Conducting Quality Control on applications and providing SME feedback.
  • Conducting Compliance calls with customers, ultimately assessing the customers controls and compliance program
  • Proactively identifying and sharing areas of improvement in the due diligence processes and procedures.
  • Presenting case files, and an overview of Processes during internal and external compliance audits
  • Drafting and enhancing compliance policies and procedure

Requirements

  • An expert in Compliance with a comprehensive knowledge and experience within Financial Services Compliance with a minimum of 3 years AML experience
  • In-depth knowledge of AML, CTF, and Financial Services regulations, as well as industry best practices for robust AML Frameworks
  • Background in CDD and ongoing assurance of complex client types and corporate structures
  • Proven experience in the EU/UK regulated financial services sector - preferably within a fintech, challenger bank, correspondent banking, or consultancy firm. Experience working with Digital Asset service providers is also beneficial
  • The ability to self-manage, organise competing priorities effectively and meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor, and deliver training in a confident cohesive manner
  • You enjoy working efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and thrive when there's ambiguity
  • Experience of working in fintech
  • Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability and attention to detail
  • Good inter-personal skills
  • Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, and be able to present credibly and professionally to senior management
  • Able to build strong relationships with peers and business counterparts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AMLCDDEDDSanctionsFinancial CrimeComplianceQuality ControlRisk AssessmentRegulatory RequirementsFinancial Services Regulations
Soft Skills
MentoringTraining DeliveryAnalytical SkillsProblem-SolvingAttention to DetailInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsSelf-ManagementRelationship Building