Senior Manager, Anti Financial Crime

Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

Our Luxembourg office has a new opportunity for a highly qualified anti-financial crime professional to join the team as a Senior Manager.

Providing day-today oversight of AFC matters within Luxembourg and the EU, this role acts as RC for Luxembourg domiciled AIFs/RAIFs/SIFs, including timely review and filings of SARs/STRs and ensures that the AFC activities are carried out in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements and guidance.

Key responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Head of Anti-Financial Crime Luxembourg in the coordination and oversight of abrdn’s AFC systems and controls, ensuring that at all times the Luxembourg and EU entities conduct activities in compliance with all relevant AFC laws, rules, regulations and guidance;- Acting as RC for certain abrdn Lux entities, to provide Senior management, Boards and the Lux AFC Head with appropriate management information and reporting, to ensure each has the necessary information to fulfil their AFC related legal and regulatory obligations;- To provide advice and guidance on AFC matters including in relation to new products, services and business activities, ensuring that Senior management are provided with the guidance necessary to conduct business activities in line with the firm’s Global AFC Policies and Standards and risk appetite and local policies and procedures- To receive, review, advise, approve (under delegated authority from the Management Company RC) and where appropriate challenge 1LoD issues relevant to the abrdn Luxembourg entities.- Ensuring the 1LoD is made aware of, and puts in place, robust and timely plans to address AFC deficiencies identified. Where appropriate, reviewing action plans and artefacts to provide relevant levels of assurance over the effectiveness of such activities;- Working with the Global AFC team and designated Country MLROs in each of the abrdn EU locations to ensure relevant Policies, Standards and Country addenda appropriately reflect and mitigate to AFC Risk Appetite the AFC risks inherent in those locations;- To work with the AFC Risk identification and Control Lead to ensure that 2LoD operational processes are designed to capture and mitigate the AFC risks inherent within the relevant locations. Including, measures relating to AFC: screening, transaction monitoring and AFC risk assessments;- To work with the AFC Investments Vector Lead to ensure that appropriate AFC procedures are in place and followed within the abrdn Lux AFC team and by EU Country MLROs, and that these facilitate consistent, effective and efficient compliance with Global Policies and Standards as they relate to 2LoD activities, raising to senior management where risks or issues arise;- Liaising with Audit (internal and External), Regulators and AFC Team members to assist in the successful execution of examinations and investigations;- Assisting with queries from clients, regulators, counterparties, auditors and other professional third parties on matters relating to AFC Policies and Standards and local AFC regulatory requirements

**Qualifications**:
- Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience- ICA Diploma or equivalent preferred

Key knowledge, skills & experience- Extensive experience of Luxembourg financial crime regulatory requirements and the EU financial crime Directives- Strong understanding of current and emerging financial crime laws, rules, regulations, regulatory and industry guidance-
- Proven track record of delivery gained within the financial services sector; ideally with a strong understanding and experience of the activities of investments in the asset management sector across a number of jurisdictions.- Experienced in managing and maintaining robust Governance systems- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills

Our benefits

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An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of worki