Financial Crime Investigator

Job description

Financial Crime Investigator , Jersey
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Lying just fourteen miles off the French coast, Jersey is an enticing mix of British familiarity, continental chic, and Island life which is full of flavour. With its breath-taking natural beauty, unspoilt sandy beaches, and dramatic coastal scenery Jersey is a very special place to live.

With London just a short flight away, Jersey is well connected and offers truly exclusive and relaxing lifestyle. Jersey has established itself as an international finance centre, utilising a highly-skilled workforce. This industry has been attracted to Jersey by its stable government and high and appropriate standards of financial regulation.

With beautiful scenery, outdoor life style, excellent education and healthcare system, low crime and enviable career opportunities, why live anywhere else?

As an HSBC employee Jersey, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Financial Crime Investigator.

The role of the Financial Crime Investigator Channel Islands & Isle of Man (CI&IOM) is responsible for conducting the effective and timely investigation into assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service levels.

In this role, you will be:

· Responsible for conducting the effective and timely investigation into assigned Financial Crime cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service levels.
· Conduct day-to-day operations of Financial Crime Investigations, including conducting searches
· Responsible for writing a high quality investigative narrative and recording the case history in a digital case file.
· Responsible for ensuring that at the conclusion of each investigation, a comprehensive recommendation is to be made to the Financial Crime Investigations Quality Control Reviewer (MLRO/DMLRO) as to whether a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) should be filed or not.
· Responsible for identifying possible violations of law or regulation (e.g., structuring, suspicious wire activity through a non-cooperative country, foreign corruption).
· Responsible for escalating investigations to the Regional Major & Complex Investigations team, FCC Advisory and where necessary to Customer Selection Secretariat.(CSEM).
· Acting as a liason point with the (police) Joint Financial Crimes Unit and Law Officers Department
· Support the AML Reporting & Analysis team in gathering and consolidating risk information from x-Regions/Functions/LoBs.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
·  Experience in Financial Crime Compliance or equivalent environment; relevant work experience which allows role holder to have the ability to recognize suspicious financial activities
·  Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis to customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from the information
·  Experience in compilation of reports and/or SARs reporting experience
·  Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
·  Good communicator with strong inter-personal skills. Experience of sharing information in a clear concise manner.

This role is based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

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