Group Financial Crime Risk Specialist-2

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description
- Research and advise on emerging financial crime risks through trends, insights, themes, typologies and methods of money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing, bribery and corruption risks in order to effectively identify financial crime risks that are applicable to FirstRand’s entities and business lines;
- Develop, monitor and effectively implement an enterprise-wide risk identification and assessment methodology that complies with regulatory requirements and international standards to mitigate financial crime risks;
- Demonstrate expertise in assessing the financial crime enterprise-wide risk assessment frameworks and systems to effectively deter money laundering, terrorist proliferation, bribery and corruption;
- Prepare and present papers on topical ML/TF/PF emerging risk issues;
- Create solutions to meet customer demands to deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards;
- Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation;
- Provide advice to ensure internal processes and procedures are updated to respond to emerging financial crime risks;
- Compile reports that track progress and guide business to make informed decision; and
- Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships across areas of specialisation.

Core competencies
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the (40) FATF Recommendations, Interpretative Notes and the FATF Assessment Methodology;
- Have a clear understanding of the work of other regional and international organisations involved in the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing as well as those addressing bribery and corruption;
- Demonstrate a strong drive to accomplish desired results involving multiple stakeholders and the ability to find solutions to obstacles affecting key deliverables;
- Proven ability to conduct thorough analysis of ideas, reports, laws, regulations, publications and make reasonable conclusions;
- Excellent communication and report writing skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas verbally and in writing across audiences of varied levels; and
- A drive to seek effective and practical ways of doing things to improve the effectiveness of the enterprise-wide risk assessment programme.

Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum Qualification - Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Commerce or Risk or Compliance or Law or Auditing.
- Experience - at least 7 years’ experience in a financial crime risk environment, of which 2 years ideally at a specialist/senior level.
- Additional Knowledge - Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Financing of Terrorism/Proliferation; Financial Crime Risk Identification and Assessment; Excellent Project Management Skills

Job Details

Application Closing Date

31/08/24



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