Consultant - Compliance Quality Assurance

Key Responsibilities:

• Operational effectiveness testing – reviewing the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of Financial Crime Compliance Controls 

• Design effectiveness testing – review Standard Operating Procedures and assess against policy requirements 

• Planning – Complete Terms of Reference templates and deduce samples using approved sampling methodology for QA reviews 

• Reporting – present observations to senior stakeholders for factual accuracy discussions 

• Issue management – ensure all issues are remediated in a timely manner 

• Record-Keeping & Audit Readiness - ensure that thorough documentation of QA processes and results is maintained. Verify that all compliance documentation, records of AML/CFT activities, decisions, and reports, are properly kept and readily accessible for internal or external review and audits. 

Requirements :

• Minimum 3+ years of financial crime, Compliance, Audit or QA experience 

• Experience with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/EDD, and suspicious activity reporting. 

• Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory engagement experience. 

• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate manual processes in a controlled environment.

• Familiarity with AML transaction monitoring, CDD and Screening systems and experience managing regulatory examinations and remediation programmes.