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Overview of role

Office: Dublin (60% Hybrid office attendance required)

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior compliance professional to join the Financial Crime Team, holding the role of Senior Compliance Manager: CO/MLRO for Walkers' office in Ireland.

The CO plays an important role in ensuring that the company's AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions framework is effective, risk based and is compliant with Irish regulations. By overseeing the policies, procedures, risk assessments, reporting, training and monitoring, the CO helps to protect the company from financial crime risks and ensures it meets regulatory expectations.

In addition to the CO responsibilities, the successful candidate will also act as Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), having responsibility for receiving and assessing reports addressed to the MLRO, externalising those reports as deemed appropriate.

Duties & Responsibilities

Developing and maintaining the Irish AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions policies and procedures in line with Walkers Group policies, and Ireland's relevant laws and regulations
Ensuring senior management and the Board are aware of their AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions obligations and support them in meeting those obligations
Working in conjunction with Group Compliance and the company, maintaining the company's Business Risk Assessment (BRA); ensuring that the BRA methodology and the BRA remains current and up to date
Performing risk-based monitoring, ensuring compliance to the Walkers Group and company's policies and procedures, for example, the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) procedures, Suspicious Activity Reporting (SARs) procedures, and record keeping procedures
Delivering AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions reporting to the Board and Group Compliance, and escalating issues where action may be required
Preparing and presenting an AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions training and awareness programme to relevant staff, including Irish specific training relevant for staff that work on relevant matters, as well as relevant training for the Partner's that are accountable for overseeing the firms AML/CTF/CPF obligations and its key persons
Acting as the main point of contact with Regulatory Bodies regarding AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions matters, including the management of regulatory examinations, requests for information and the submission of regulatory filings
Being the key point of contact in the Dublin office for AML/CTF/CPF and sanctions queries and the escalation of matters to Group Compliance where escalation for awareness or further discussion is required

In addition to the CO responsibilities, the successful candidate will also act as MLRO thereby ensuring the continued compliance with Irish AML/CTF/CPF regulatory requirements

The MLRO will be responsible for:

Acting as the designated officer for receiving internal SARs from Partners and staff
Reviewing SARs in accordance with the internal policy and procedures
Where it is determined that a SAR is to be externalised, submitting the SAR to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) within the required timeframe
Maintaining the SARs register, ensuring that all SARs received are logged and assessed appropriately and that all supporting records are filed and saved appropriately
Acting as the main point of contact for the FIU, ensuring that all communications are handled efficiently and in a timely manner

The role does not include any management responsibilities but will work closely with equivalent role holders in other offices and Group Compliance.

Knowledge & Experience

With law firm and/or finance sector experience, you will have experience in performing AML/CTF/CPF roles and possess:

An AML or other professional qualification or be studying towards such a qualification; such as, ICA, ACAMS
A sound knowledge of the Irish AML/CTF/CPF regulatory requirements and supporting guidance notes
Full awareness of your own obligations
Leadership ability with excellent communication skills. You are self-motivated and capable of prioritising workloads as required
Excellent attention to detail
Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate with partners, fee earners with confidence
Have the flexibility and adaptability to undertake a variety of tasks at short notice if required
Good working knowledge of Windows – Microsoft Word – Microsoft Excel – Outlook – Teams – iManage
Able to prioritise competing demands
Excellent time management and organisational skills

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Senior Compliance Manager (MLRO)

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