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Operations Specialist CDD| Asset Finance

A new opportunity to be part of our Asset Finance team where you will be ensuring excellent customer service in line with service level agreements and compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and internal standards.

Job Reference: FI027-25
Department: Asset Finance 
Reporting to: Customer Insight & Governance Manager 
Location: London 
Work pattern: Hybrid 

Job description

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This is a hybrid role 4 days in the office (City of London location) and 1 day working from home.

 

Role Purpose:

The successful management of the CDD workload within the Asset Finance Department ensuring excellent customer service in line with service level agreements and compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and internal standards

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform relevant level of Customer Due Diligence on all approved proposals in line with Bank CDD procedures
  • Conduct PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening
  • Complete customer financial crime risk assessment
  • Escalate proposals for Financial Crime approval where appropriate
  • Assist with development and maintenance of policies and procedures for the Asset Finance and Professional Lending products
  • Ensure compliance with Bank policies and procedures

 

Skills and Experience 

    • 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime / AML / KYC function within the Financial Services industry
    • Knowledge and experience of dealing with KYC for wide range of customer types, including private individuals, corporates, partnership, trusts etc
    • Highly organised with excellent time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure to tight timescales whilst paying attention to detail

About UTB

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UTB is a dynamic and expanding specialist bank that provides solutions to our customers and brokers, which help them achieve their ambitions. Recognised as being one of the most dependable and well-respected Specialist Banks in the UK, we were delighted to see our balance sheet exceed the £2bn mark in 2022.

Exceptional customer service and the ability to provide rewarding deposits accounts and flexible lending solutions have helped us to develop productive and enduring relationships with our customers. We understand that their success is our success and that the quality of our people and teams, is key to delivering special outcomes for them.

We also understand that the performance of our people is directly linked to the culture in which they work. There is a strong sense of community at UTB and as well as promoting a clear set of internal values, and providing a wealth of facilities for training, personal development, and team building, we run a busy and varied calendar of engagement and social activity. Typical recent examples include: Pizza Lunch Days and Coffee Catch-ups; London Marathon and Sahara Challenge Sponsorships; Success Sharing and Value Awards; and Awesome Autumn social events ranging from Theatre Trips, Cocktail Mixology, and Cookery Classes, to Go-karting, Mini Golf and Clay pigeon shooting.

Employee benefits

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  • Competitive Salary and Bonus package
  • 26 Days Holiday
  • 2 Wellbeing Days
  • Contributory Pension
  • Life Insurance / Income Protection / Critical Illness cover
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Season Ticket Loans
  • Excellent career development opportunities and where appropriate sponsorship of a relevant qualification

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