Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Where you’ll fit in & what our team goals are

Your role is to oversee the strategic and operational governance processes of Financial Crime prevention for Columbia Threadneedle Investments in Luxembourg and the Netherlands including it's European branches. You will establish the FCP Framework and includes acting as the RC for the Luxembourg Management Company and Funds.

**How you'll spend your time...**

Financial Crime Programme
- Monitor Financial Crime regulatory initiatives and ensure that Luxembourg and Netherlands FCP policies and procedures comply with applicable current legislation.
- Develop and implement an assessment of inherent risk and ongoing assessment of controls.
- Ensure that proper checks, balances and control systems are in place across the lines of business and control functions to enable adherence to key FCP related controls.
- Perform Suspicious Activity Report investigation and report to regulators as appropriate.

Regulator Management
- Liaise with regulators in Luxembourg, Netherlands and the rest of Europe as required
- Manage regulatory reviews and associated requests; and
- Comment on regulatory guidance and provide insight to Head Office and the first line on regulatory focuses and activities.

Monitoring and Reporting
- Provide oversight of relevant Operating Group’s policies and procedures through ongoing monitoring;
- Ensure proper checks, balances and control systems are in place across continental Europe's lines of business and control functions to enable adherence to key controls;
- Monitor FCP compliance arrangements, industry developments and liaison with the Business lines to ensure the implementation of appropriate controls to mitigate the risk of the use of the firm’s systems for financial crime.
- Monitoring and oversight that adequate FCP controls and monitoring are established, documented and maintained
- Develop reporting for Senior Executive Management and the Boards of various entities;

Advice, Counsel and Governance
- Ensure there is appropriate “ownership” for risk issues, providing specialised knowledge and expertise to functional areas to facilitate the resolution of issues surrounding regulatory compliance.
- Recommend new/improved procedures, processes and other infrastructure to support risk management and compliance as necessary, identifying if and how FCP’s P&P will reflect the regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for providing independent effective challenge and oversight with respect to the FCP program and controls.
- Responsible for advising LOB on required processes and procedures to meet FCP regulatory requirements.

**To be successful in this role you will have...**

You should be a suitably qualified professional with expertise in AML in the Asset Management industry. Specific requirements include:

- Registration as RC with the CSSF for Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and the funds under management.
- Experience with Luxembourg
- principally the CSSF and EU laws and regulations;
- Expertise in financial crime, including, Anti-Money Laundering, sanctions and fraud regulations and best practice and a working knowledge of data protection, privacy and data security requirements;
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of FCP operations business, services and organization
- Extensive knowledge of products and processes of other products offered by Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- Extensive understanding of the risk and regulatory issues related to the area of responsibility
- Broad knowledge of retail and FCP systems applicable to the departments
- Exceptional understanding of the financial services industry products and processes
- Expertise in FCP in the Asset Management industry.

**If you also had this, it would be great**
- An appreciation of regulatory risk and skills compatible with the dimensions of the role;
- Expertise in Anti-Money Laundering, sanctions, Anti Bribery and corruption and fraud regulations and best practice and a working knowledge of data protection, privacy and data security requirements;
- An ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a wide cross section of personnel both externally and internally;
- A logical and practical approach to their work with attention to detail;
- The ability to meet deadlines with minimum supervision;
- An ability to remain objective and take a balanced view;
- Excellent management of Senior Executive relationships
- A proactive approach to projects and responsibilities.

**About Columbia Threadneedle Investments**

Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you’ll find the promise we make to our clients is the same one we make to our employees: Your success is our priority.

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