Job Description

The AML team is responsible for ensuring the Society\'s compliance with Money Laundering Regulations by operating defences in relation to money laundering and terrorist financing. Responsibilities include automated customer and transaction monitoring, receiving, and investigating suspicious activity reports, identification, and monitoring of high-risk customers, including PEPs, and providing guidance on identification queries.

Your day to day as a Money Laundering Investigator:

• Completing comprehensive, thorough, and timely investigations of suspicious behaviour, using a variety of sources, including publicly available sources, and through interaction with both internal and external stakeholders such as other regulated firms and law enforcement.
• Ensuring investigations are documented accordingly to evidential standards.
• Providing recommendations for outcomes on investigations based on sound and verified evidence for approval, including where appropriate, to make disclosures under the prescribed and most appropriate format to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
• Complete customer risk assessments, identifying where Enhanced Due Diligence is required in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations, or to manage the customer within the risk appetite of the Society.

About you

About you:

• Communication Skills - decision making and time management skills, as well as having the ability to analyse conflicting information.
• Organisational skills - methodical and thorough in your attention to detail.
• Team Work - reliably working both independently and as part of a team.
• Building relationships - ability to communicate recommendations both internally and externally will be key activities within the role.

Essential Requirements:

• Evidence of working in a risk or fraud area environment
• Sound understanding of financial crime and money laundering risk to the Society and an understanding of the current legislative and regulatory environment
• Experience and understanding of the importance of customer care and Society operations
• Confidence in the use of computer systems Microsoft Word and Excel.

Desirable Requirements:

• Industry recognised qualifications such as the ICA Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering are desirable, though you should be prepared to undertake qualification as part of training plan
• Previous experience of working in a financial crime function

Hours: 35 - Mon to Fri

We offer flexibility that counts - and we recognise that will look different for different people. We\'ll consider a range of flexible working, and where we can we\'ll make it happen. So whether it\'s part time hours, job sharing or other flexible working patterns, have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are.

Hybrid working: Is choosing the best location for you to carry out your role - this could be in the office or it could be at home. You can be flexible in your approach, for example coming into the office when you need to collaborate with colleagues in person, or working from home if you have a lot of Zoom meetings to go to. We\'re taking a team-led approach, so how you manage your working week and place of work is down to your preferences and how you and your team work best.

Benefits:

• Discretionary Bonus scheme up to 20%
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays,
• Buy and sell holiday,
• Pension Employer Contribution - 5% - Plus employer pension matching (limit of 10%)
• Death in Service - This is 6 times your salary
• We\'ll support your physical and mental health with paid sick leave
• My Lifestyle - access to exclusive deals on products and services, as well as cashback and discount opportunities at supermarkets and major retailers. Plus offer services such as legal advice, health and wellbeing, money advice and more.
• We offer fair compensation if you need to work unsociable or additional hours, through shift, overtime, and callout payments
• Wellbeing Hours - Time for You. request up to 14 hours paid time off each year (pro-rata) to dedicate to your wellbeing or personal growth

About us

Coventry Building Society has grown into the second largest building society in the UK.

We\'re a national society, with local values and loyalty, and a caring family ethos. The best way to judge a company is based on what the people who work there say as we\'re rated certified by Great Place to Work from our recent employee survey.

We\'re building and nurturing teams where difference is valued, creating an inclusive and inspiring workplace. We think discrimination of any sort has no place in a modern society, including ours.

Diversity brings unique ideas and perspectives, helping us to deliver better performance.

We\'ve made clear commitments to increase gender and race diversity in our senior teams over time, and an overall ambition to improve the representation of different sexual orientations, gender identities, disability, backgrounds and thinking styles in our workforce.

We also offer not only fulfilling jobs and exciting career opportunities but a place where everyone can be long and feel proud to work. As an employee, we have a great benefits package and you\'re encouraged to take control of your career. We invest in our people, with regular opportunities for training and development. And later, if you\'re looking for a new challenge, we actively champion internal progression. We\'ve got a whole range of different ways to support you, both in your role and wider wellbeing!

Location

Coventry-Binley Business Park

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