Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance Senior Analyst
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Occupation Type
Business and related research professionals
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Standard minimum applies
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Description
This role sits within the Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance team, which forms part of the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Department, supporting the overall CME Group Compliance and Ethics Program and reporting into the Manager/Director of Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance. The role will involve working as part of the Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance team collaborating closely with CME’s legal and compliance functions as well as other areas within CME as part of the legal and regulatory onboarding requirements of customers to CME Group.
The Senior Analyst undertakes customer risk assessment activities making independent judgements and decisions related to Know Your Customer due diligence onboarding requirements for new and existing customers across CME Group.
Also performing Quality Check/Assurance reviews from the teams output , in line with CME Group’s Global Financial Crime Compliance program and external regulatory bodies/legislation (e.g., JMLSG, FCA,, EU Money Laundering Directives, FATF, CFTC, MiFID II,).
The Senior Analyst performs customer screening risk assessment making independent judgements and decisions to understand risks presented in relation to Sanctions, Regulatory & Legal Enforcements and PEP’s when assessing new and existing customers across CME Group, in line with CME Group’s Global Financial Crime Compliance program and external regulatory bodies/legislation (e.g. the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), UK HM Treasury Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (‘‘OFSI’’), EU European External Action Service (‘‘EEAS’’), UN Sanctions
The Senior Analyst provides support and guidance to Analyst team members, helping to improve the team’s overall output and quality.
Principal Accountabilities
The Senior Analyst undertakes customer risk assessment activities making independent judgements and decisions related to Know Your Customer due diligence onboarding requirements for new and existing customers across CME Group.
Also performing Quality Check/Assurance reviews from the teams output , in line with CME Group’s Global Financial Crime Compliance program and external regulatory bodies/legislation (e.g., JMLSG, FCA,, EU Money Laundering Directives, FATF, CFTC, MiFID II,).
The Senior Analyst performs customer screening risk assessment making independent judgements and decisions to understand risks presented in relation to Sanctions, Regulatory & Legal Enforcements and PEP’s when assessing new and existing customers across CME Group, in line with CME Group’s Global Financial Crime Compliance program and external regulatory bodies/legislation (e.g. the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), UK HM Treasury Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (‘‘OFSI’’), EU European External Action Service (‘‘EEAS’’), UN Sanctions
The Senior Analyst provides support and guidance to Analyst team members, helping to improve the team’s overall output and quality.
Principal Accountabilities
- Conducts Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”), Enhanced Due Diligence (“EDD”) sanctions and adverse media risk management checks making independent judgements and decisions on new and existing customers in accordance with UK Money Laundering Regulations 2017, JMLSG Guidance or other relevant Regulations ( FinCEN, MiFID etc) in line with team processes and procedures as governed by CME Group Legal and Compliance divisions including administering client reference data within internal client onboarding repositories and system(s) as required.
- Good Knowledge of the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2017, JMLSG Guidelines, MiFID II, applicable FCA rules and sanctions regimes including but not limited to the UN, EU, OFAC and HMT.
- Specific day to day hands on experience of managing screening alerts, and making risk based assessments in relation to Sanctions & Media screening as it relates to Sanctions regimes.
- Experience performing Quality Check/Quality Assurance reviews on the output from analysts performing an initial risk assessment on a KYC/AML review.
- Understanding of the EU Money Laundering Directives, MIFID II and CFTC
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