Compliance Assistant

As business and activity booming within this start-up, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for aCompliance Assistant / Analyst to join the company on a temporary basis for at least two months. This is your chance to be welcomed into a friendly and exciting organisation that prides itself on excellence and dedication, with the added possibility of becoming a permanent position.

Who will you be working for?

Based within the bustling city area of London, a stone's throw away from the Liverpool Street hub, this is where the ambitious and the goal-focused come out to play. Pristine outfits dominates the pavements and black cabs crowds the streets, you'll be working in an incredibly exciting part of London that never stops moving.

The company is a leading provider on facilitating international payments and delivering currency conversation on a digital online platform. They provide businesses and enterprises with fast, transparent, easy-to-use secure payments engine that will transform the way organisations move money around the world.

What does the role consist of?

The purpose of the Compliance Team is to oversee all aspects of regulatory and legal compliance applicable to the company. This will encompass but is not limited to the following areas: Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Economic / financial sanctions and Payment Services / E-money Directive.

• Checking and investigating sanctions hits.
• Reviewing and responding to provider bank KYC requests. Assisting in the application and maintenance of provider bank relationships.
• Conducting KYC refreshes of existing clients. Supporting audits of existing clients.
• Conducting transaction monitoring.
• Responding to ad hoc queries from the business regarding specialist compliance matters. Supporting regulatory applications. Maintaining current regulatory licences.
• Proactively suggesting improvements to compliance policies and procedures.
• Supporting data-protection compliance.
• The identification and reporting of suspicious activity to relevant global financial intelligence units.
• Proactively update the sales team with KYC progress that impacts the on-boarding process.
• Ensure KYC paperwork is stored and system updates are completed in accordance with company procedures

What will the successful candidate be like?

This position would suit a recent graduate who is interested in working within a start up environment that is changing the way money moves around the world.

As a recent graduate you will have basic understanding and have gained some hands on experience within a compliance role. A knowledge of due dilligence proceducers insight into regulatory requirements regarding cross border payments and demonstrate an interest in the FinTech industry.

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Attention to detail.
• Self-starter, motivated. Ability to develop new processes and implement them.
• Passionate about the benefits of a positive compliance culture.
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure

How to apply?

We're hiring as quickly as possible so email or apply with your CV for immediate consideration.