**Job Description:**
We are seeking a highly skilled professional to fill the role of Senior Risk Assessment Analyst.
The ideal candidate will have expertise in conducting comprehensive due diligence investigations, analyzing beneficial ownership structures, and evaluating source of wealth and source of funds information.
This position requires strong research, investigatory, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to make risk-based recommendations and articulate them persuasively to other departments and senior management.
The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting thorough enhanced due diligence investigations on high-risk clients, including politically exposed persons, clients from high-risk jurisdictions, and complex corporate structures.
They will also be responsible for researching and analyzing beneficial ownership structures to identify ultimate beneficial owners and control relationships.
Additionally, the candidate will evaluate source of wealth and source of funds information for high-net-worth individuals and entities using the public domain and/or documentation.
Furthermore, they will perform adverse media screening and analyze findings to assess reputational and financial crime risks.
The Senior Risk Assessment Analyst will also prepare detailed, well-documented enhanced due diligence reports with clear risk assessments and recommendations and present these to senior management.
Other responsibilities include providing advice on issues and escalations to other New Accounts Teams to address difficult applications and independently recommend risk-based decisions to management.
Liaising with relationship managers and business units to gather additional client information is also a key aspect of this role.
The successful candidate will be expected to mentor Junior analysts and provide quality assurance reviews of their work.
Contribution to the continuous improvement of EDD policies, procedures, and workflows is also an essential part of this role.
Finally, the Senior Risk Assessment Analyst will participate in special projects related to regulatory changes, remediation efforts, or process enhancements.
**Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree or higher with a major or concentration in Finance, Law, Accounting, or Information Systems, etc, or comparable work experience in a related field.
* Minimum of 5 years' experience and familiarity, preferably gained in brokerage or corporate banking environment, with on-boarding or reviewing high risk client relationships and carrying out EDD.
* Relevant financial crime qualification ICA or ACAMS are a must.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
* Strong research, investigatory, and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to make risk-based recommendations and articulate those persuasively to other departments and senior management.
* Prior experience in a highly automated environment and/or high degree of proficiency with computers and technology.
* Intermediate experience with MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel.
* Ability to work, keep deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.