Financial Crime Risk Associate

Location: Wrocław/Katowice - 2 days office/3 days remote

Financial Crime Senior Risk Associate

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Associate who will support with the development and execution of EY’s global 1st line of defence compliance processes. The role will be part of the Global Delivery Services (GDS) team who provide enablement services to the EY network, including risk management. The opportunity is to join the GDS Central Financial Crime Team who are responsible for the execution or financial crime prevention controls across the EY network.  

The Senior Associate will obtain, review and critically analyse Client Due Diligence as part of our commitment to comply with non-negotiable laws, including Anti-Money Laundering and supporting compliance with Economic & Trade Sanctions. The Senior Associate will be a trusted advisor to Risk Management and client servers, supporting on the evaluation of risk in support of the timely acceptance and continuance of client work.

The roles offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work with senior members of the Global Financial Crime team as well as members of the Risk Management executive more broadly, to increase visibility and awareness of EY’s financial crime programs throughout the business.

Your key responsibilities

• Conduct research into clients (corporates and individuals) using public and subscription services to support their identification and verification.
• Critically analyse due diligence information in support of ‘Know Your Client’ procedures to identify where further information is required.
• Perform screening on clients to identify Sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons and Adverse Media, ruling out false positives as needed and escalating potential hits for further analysis.
• Perform a risk assessement of clients using the due diligence gathered to support the formation of a risk profile for each client.
• Support and provide direction to less experienced members of the team, offering solutions and guidance.
• Lead project work when requested by Managers and own the delivery of agreed outputs within agreed timelines.
• Liaise directly with client serving teams to convey requests in clear, consistent language.
• Encourage client serving teams to work directly with the Central Financial Crime Team to build trust.
• Contribute towards the testing and validation of technology systems used to support financial crime prevention when needed.

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment to meet commitments.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.