Financial Crime Manager/AML Manager - Edinburgh

An excellent opportunity has arisen at my Edinburgh based client. We are looking for a Financial Crime/AML manager for an initial 6-8 month contract. The key skills required for this role are as follows: AML (Anti Money Laundering), CTF (Counter Terrorism Finance), KYC (Know Your Client and MLRO reports.

The main duties for this role are:

*Providing assistance on a variety of money laundering, financial sanctions, terrorist financing and bribery and corruption issues to business units and relevant stakeholder across the business
*Accountable to continually identify and understanding new and emerging money laundering and terrorist financing threats/patterns and articulating the requirements for the business decision rules that form the core of the AML/CTF electronic monitoring programme.
*Decision making on high risk areas such as exception to existing KYC policy; matches found on Sanctions Lists checking, advising on suspicious case, undertaking Politically Exposed Person review.
*Responsible of AML standards definition - research and development of the Policy
*Key risk indicators development and management across the business
*Undertake new business/client/products assessments and assess the effectiveness of the controls in place
*Regular assurance and reviews of all AML/CTF controls across the business
*Providing Management Information, including MLRO Reports, monthly summaries, support ad-hoc information requests from regulators
*Provide AML/CTF Subject Matter Expert support to Bank Transformation Programme and any other future projects as they arise