A well-known Dutch bank is seeking an experienced compliance monitoring officer to join the compliance, aml and sanctions team that consists of 35 experts specialising in AML, sanctions, and other financial crime risks. The Bank itself is seeking a seasoned monitroing expert across all lines of defence, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Advising senior management on risk management, implementations, improvements, and follow-up on incidents
• Monitoring the quality of 1st line owned systems and processes
• Collaborating with other banks and the government to improve the effectiveness of implementations
• Contributing to fulfilling the gatekeeper role and societal responsibility in fighting financial crime

Job Details:

• Governance & Oversight is a team within Compliance AML & Sanctions, overseeing the DFC 1st Line Execution Plan / Group Wide Recovery Plan
• Coordinating milestone validations and monitoring & testing within Compliance
• Ensuring progress and quality of monitoring conducted through the Monitoring Framework under the Group wide Recovery Plan
• Standardising processes, templates, evidencing, and deliverables under the Compliance Client Integrity Monitoring plan
• Challenging the quality and consistency of monitoring activities and validation reports
• Supporting and guiding Compliance Officers in conducting monitoring activities
• Supporting the execution of test work in Compliance Thematic Reviews

The Candidate:

• Passion for fighting financial crime
• Notable experience with anti-money laundering measures within a financial institution
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, guidelines, and other public information
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical, risk-based approaches for monitoring and testing
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to distinguish main from secondary issues
• Team player with the ability to achieve results in close collaboration with colleagues
• Autonomous, with sound judgement, ownership, and the ability to create a good network in- and outside the bank
• Awareness of the consequences of actions or decisions for parts of or the entire organisation

Qualifications:

• University work and thinking level
• 8+ years of experience in money laundering and terrorist financing prevention
• Experience with testing the design and effectiveness of controls within Audit, Compliance, or business roles
• Curiosity and the ability to understand details to advise at a high level
• Knowledge of relevant financial crime laws, regulations, guidelines, and other public information
• Understanding of the three lines of defence within a financial institution
• Strong interpersonal skills, including empathy, persuasiveness, self-learning, and decisiveness
• Knowledge of administrative, project, and change management
• Effective oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly
• Knowledge of the organisation, involved departments, bodies, and processes is an advantage