Operations Specialist - CDD

This is a hybrid role working 3 days in the office (City of London location) and 2 days working from home. Role Purpose The successful management of the CDD workload within the Asset Finance Department ensuring excellent customer service in line with service level agreements and compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and internal standards Key Responsibilities

• Perform relevant level of Customer Due Diligence on all approved proposals in line with Bank CDD procedures
• Conduct PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening
• Complete customer financial crime risk assessment
• Escalate proposals for Financial Crime approval where appropriate
• Manage periodic Know Your Customer (KYC) refresh cycles, trigger events and ongoing Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure timely and compliant onboarding
• Assist with development and maintenance of policies and procedures for the Asset Finance and Professional Lending products
• Ensure compliance with Bank policies and procedures
• Ad hoc work as required, both in relation to the duties mentioned above and otherwise
• Assist with any projects relating to the work of the Department as required Skills and Experience
• Knowledge and experience of dealing with KYC for wide range of customer types, including private individuals, corporates, partnership, trusts etc
• Experience working with various systems and databases for screening and research
• Demonstrate clear understanding of systems, financial crime risks and business risks
• Previously worked in a fast a paced environment
• Highly organised with excellent time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight timescales
• Good attention to detail
• Able to tolerate uncertainty
• Able to multi-task when required