Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success. Our Compliance teams work globally across all lines of business to advise internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements and how to balance these with the firm's needs. Their diverse mandate means they also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies, training, operational processes, risk mitigation and control.

Job Summary

As a Global Financial Crimes Compliance Officer - Associate in the EMEA Compliance team you will provide guidance to help ensure adequate systems and controls are in place in accordance with the firm-wide AML framework and Spanish requirements and support in the execution of MLRO responsibilities including AML and Sanctions reporting, Suspicious Activity Report ('SAR') filing, defining Spanish requirements including Client Due Diligence ('CDD') and providing guidance to line of business in location.

• Provide financial crime advisory for the Madrid business which comprises Markets, Global Investment Banking, Global Corporate Bank, Commercial Banking, Payments and Wealth Management.
• Continuously assess Spanish law and regulation to ensure appropriate financial crime policy and procedures related to Madrid branch.
• Support Country Compliance Officer and Spain Deputy MLRO in making SAR and Sanctions escalation decisions and submit reports to authorities as necessary.
• Filing of financial crime reports, and as necessary other compliance reporting, requirements with Spanish authorities.
• Identify issues, co-ordination and escalation through our governance structures.
• Develop, enhance and maintain financial crime related management information.
• Support second line of defence monitoring activities over the business.
• Support any AML Training needs to in country staff.
• Ensure that Spain CDD requirements are incorporated into Know Your Customer requirements for Madrid branch clients and provide guidance to business in regard of application of requirements.
• Review significant client matters and provide recommendations for appropriate risk mitigation.

• Sound knowledge of Spanish, EU and industry AML and Sanction requirement.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple deliverables.
• Good communication skills - both verbal and written, including the ability to convey complex ideas and concepts in a clear manner appropriate to the audience.
• Proactive approach to problem solving, owning the issues and having the determination to follow tasks/issues through to resolution.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is essential.

• Previous experience interacting with EU/Spanish AML regulators and general understanding of major areas of regulatory focus.
• Previous experience dealing with Spain CDD requirements as applicable to Wealth Management business.
• Ability to establish good relationships with other parts of a large international organization.