Interpath is seeking a proactive, hands-on, and detail-oriented Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to join our compliance team. The MLRO will lead Interpath in the development, implementation, and monitoring of compliance programs, policies, and procedures to prevent and detect any financial crime, including but not restricted to money laundering, bribery and corruption and fraud.
Requirements
- Lead Interpath in managing the firm’s compliance with AML and CTF regulations.
- Devise and lead the recruitment of inhouse KYC analysts and lead KYC team going forward.
- Prepare reports to be submitted to the Interpath Board, ensuring that the firm meets all its regulatory obligations.
- Lead the firm's AML and financial crime risk assessments.
- Perform the duties of Senior Manager Function 17 (SMF17), ensuring compliance with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).
- Maintain an up‐to‐date understanding of AML/CTF laws, regulatory changes, enforcement trends, and industry best practice.
- Develop, maintain, and oversee the implementation of Interpath’s AML/CTF policies, procedures, and internal controls for Interpath’s global business.
- Conduct and maintain the UK Business‐Wide Risk Assessment for AML/CTF.
- Provide AML/CTF input into the organisation’s wider global financial crime strategy, ensuring consistency and adherence to group standards.
- Act as the primary liaison with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
- Oversee the end‐to‐end handling of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) globally, including receipt, assessment, internal investigation, decision-making, and external reporting.
- Maintain appropriate internal SAR logging, audit trails, and confidentiality safeguarding measures.
- Ensure staff understand their obligations around reporting suspicious activity and that processes operate effectively.
- Design and deliver AML/CTF training programmes appropriate to employees’ roles and responsibilities.
- Promote a strong culture of financial crime awareness across Interpath’s global operations.
- Provide targeted training to senior leaders and high‐risk teams.
- Oversee AML/CTF monitoring activities, including client due diligence, KYC, enhanced due diligence (EDD), transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening.
- Conduct regular internal assessments and thematic reviews to ensure the effectiveness of AML/CTF controls.
- Partner with global and regional compliance teams to align processes and share best practices.
- Support global initiatives such as technology upgrades, data integrity programmes, and enhanced financial crime controls.
- Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Operations, IT, and business units to mitigate AML/CTF risks in new products, services, and markets.
- Monitor regulatory and legislative changes and update internal policies and procedures accordingly.
- Provide support and cover, where required, for other global client take-on processes, such as conflict resolution.
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive reward package including compelling salaries and a range of core and optional benefits
