Full job description HEAD OF COMPLIANCE & MLRO - CORPORATE BANKING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Ref: 4195G
£140K - £180K + Bonus & Benefits City
We have been appointed by our client, the UK Branch Office of a Leading Foreign Bank, to help
source a new Head of Compliance & MLRO for their London Office. The role will report directly
to the UK General Manager and UK Board. Duties will include:
 Act as the Bank’s SMF16 Compliance Oversight function holder and provide effective
oversight of the Bank’s compliance with applicable FCA and PRA requirements.
 Develop, execute, maintain, review and enhance the Bank’s regulatory compliance
framework, including the Compliance Manual, policies, procedures, compliance
monitoring framework and related governance documents.
 Develop, execute, maintain, review and enhance a risk-based Compliance Monitoring
Plan, including thematic reviews, control testing, recommendations, follow-up actions
and reporting of findings.
 Monitor developments in applicable UK regulatory requirements, supervisory
expectations and good industry practice, and assess their impact on the Bank.
 Prepare and deliver compliance Management Information ("MI") and reports to the
Board, the Audit & Risk Committee, senior management.
 Oversee and coordinate the Bank’s non-financial regulatory reporting obligations,
ensuring timely, accurate and complete submissions and appropriate internal approval.
 Liaise with the FCA, PRA, auditors, and other external stakeholders as required.
 Act as the Bank’s SMF17 Money Laundering Reporting Officer and serve as the focal
point for the Bank’s AML, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions and wider financial
crime compliance activities.
 Develop, execute, maintain, review and enhance the Bank’s financial crime framework,
including policies and procedures covering AML/CTF, sanctions, customer due diligence,
enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, bribery
and corruption, fraud and related controls.
 Act as the Bank’s Data Protection Officer ("DPO"), and act as the main point of contact
for data protection matters.
You will have gained solid Compliance and AML experience in a similar Corporate Banking or
Foreign Bank Branch environment with a detailed knowledge of FCA & PRA rules and a good
understanding of AML requirements. You must also have been be SMF 16 or 17 approved (or be
eligible to hold SMF 16 &17 if not previously been approved).
So, if that sounds like you, then please send your details to Gary Collins in the first instance
(Including a contact number & email) however please note we cannot
reply to all applications so only successful applications will be contacted (although under no
circumstance are your details ever passed on without your specific permission).
Symes Collins LPC, part of the Compliance Recruitment Solutions Limited (CRS) Group are acting
as an employment agency in relation to this role.