Vice President of Transaction Driven Financial Crime SME, Santander

• In-depth working knowledge of AML, CTF and Sanctions regulatory requirements (UK, EU, US)
• Practical experience in at least two of: Transaction Monitoring, Trade Finance AML, or Screening Systems
• Proven experience of working within wholesale banking environment with knowledge and understanding of investment banking products and associated risks
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable

• In this critical role with the Financial Crime team, you’ll act as a subject matter expert (SME) within the First Line of Defence (1LoD). You’ll use your specialist knowledge related to ongoing monitoring or transaction related financial crime controls to act as an escalation point for alerts
• You’ll support the design, implementation, and ongoing effectiveness of financial crime controls ensuring they are risk-based and aligned to regulatory expectations
• Acting as the escalation point for complex cases or control issues in respective domains
• Providing frontline oversight of name and transaction screening controls
• Advising on financial crime risks in transactions, including trade-based money laundering and sanctions evasion
• Analysing MI and alert performance to identify trends and control enhancements
• Providing SME input on the design and calibration of monitoring scenarios
• Conducting control testing and thematic reviews to assess monitoring effectiveness
• Supporting tuning and optimisation exercises, ensuring alignment with typologies
• Reviewing system effectiveness through testing, hit rate analysis, and QA of alert handling