Anti Money Laundering Officer
- Gibraltar
- Compliance Jobs
RecruitBlock is exclusively recruiting a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for an international start-up e-money provider.
This FinTech start-up, which will provide services to B2B customers, is currently seeking to become regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and obtain principal membership of Mastercard/Visa.
This MLRO role will be based in Gibraltar with a reduced hours requirement initially, scaling to full-time closer to completion of the GFSC licensing process.
In this Money Laundering Reporting Officer role you will be working within a small team in Gibraltar designing and monitoring AML and CTF policies and procedures, establishing and maintaining appropriate systems and controls and reporting to relevant Gibraltar agencies.
✔ MLRO Job ✔ E-money Vacancy ✔ Gibraltar Opportunity
Role
✔ Act as an Approved Person by the GFSC.
✔ Design and monitor the firm’s AML and CTF policies and procedures in line with current and evolving statutory and regulatory obligations.
✔ Establish and maintain appropriate systems and controls to prevent and detect money laundering and terrorist financing.
✔ Ensure the ongoing effectiveness of money laundering compliance policies and procedures to prevent money laundering and counter the financing of terrorism.
✔ Report any knowledge or suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing to the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GFIU).
✔ Ensure all internal suspicious activity reports received are investigated promptly and that any suspicious transactions or activities are reported to the relevant authorities.
✔ Conduct risk assessments and customer due diligence measures.
✔ Educate, train and support staff across the business on AML matters.
✔ Deliver relevant management information and reporting to the senior management team.
Skills
✔ Proven experience as an AML specialist / MLRO within the Financial Services/FinTech sector.
✔ Previous approval by the GFSC desirable.
✔ Working knowledge of GFSC e-money/payments regulatory environment helpful.
✔ Experience in building successful working relationships with the GFSC and Gibraltar law enforcement agencies.
✔ Experience in external and internal AML reporting.
✔ Ability to understand the complexities of AML and communicate to internal stakeholders.
✔ An analytical mind with the ability to work to short timelines in a fast-paced environment.
✔ Excellent communication and presentation skills.
✔ Able to operate as a key member of an international start-up team.
✔ UK or EEA passport holder.