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Joining us in Forensics

Grant Thornton’s Financial Crime & Investigations (FCI) is the first port of call for an increasing number of firms in the UK market when grappling with financial crime prevention, incident response, investigation and remediation.

Joining us as a Deputy Team Lead & QA – Know Your Assets (KYA)in Forensics, you will initially work on a project delivering BAU and remedial KYA due diligence services for a large asset manager. Once this project is completed, you will have the freedom to continue working with us on projects that you choose, whether full or part-time within Forensics and support our clients and internal teams on short to medium-term assignments. We’re hiring a Deputy Team Lead & QA to support the management and quality assurance of KYA due diligence activities. The role supports the Team Lead and provides technical guidance to Analysts.
Skills we are looking for*Acting as SME for KYA Analysts.
*Supporting workload planning and deal/screening alert triage.
*Reviewing complex due diligence and screening results and preparing summaries.
*Supporting MI, reporting, and escalations.
*Delivering on-the-job training.
*Engaging with senior stakeholders and counterparties.
*Conducting QA checks and maintaining logs.
*Identifying opportunities for process and performance improvements.
*3+ years in KYA/KYC/KYB.
*1+ year in QA/audit.
*Strong understanding of QA methodologies.
*Strong communication skills.
*Previous experience in the asset management sector preferred, but not essential.
*Preferred qualifications: Financial Crime qualifications (CAMS / ICA), or ICAEW / ICAS qualified or other relevant qualification.
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How to join You’ll first apply through our application website. We’ll ask you for your CV and some basic details. If your skills match what we are looking for, one of our recruiters will get in touch and walk you through the interview process. If there’s interest to continue, we’ll invite you to an interview with some of our key business leads. If successful, the final step will be to complete the onboarding process and background checks.
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