Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Compliance / Financial Security
Job title
12 Month Internship - Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance
Contract type
Internship/Trainee
Term (in months)
12
Management position
No
Job summary
Key Responsibilities
1. The successful individual will be responsible for:
Monitoring of the Bank’s transactions and order types on a daily basis. Working collaboratively with the team to identify suspicious communications to escalate to team leads.
2. The main platforms for Surveillance will be: IMAD, Shield, Discovery Accelerator, Nice Compass, Nice Recording, New Case Manager, MI/KPI Tools, Shared Drives for Audit and control documents.
3. Candidates will ideally have a basic understanding of financial institutions with scope to learn from senior compliance colleagues. The intern will help with the enhancement of the current Surveillance set up. The Bank is running concurrent programmes to develop tools to further their monitoring abilities.
4. Also assist with producing MI/KPIs to relay back to senior Compliance management for reporting purposes.
5. It is important for this individual to escalate at the earliest opportunity any suspicious trade or communications alerts and have an understanding of key policies and procedures that must be understood as they can form the basis for any internal breaches.
6. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who must take the opportunity to understand market abuse/manipulation in line with our regulatory commitments and obligations.
7. You should have a proven track record in past experiences that can be built upon in relation to second line of defence and have the ability to manage their own work loads and ensure daily alerts are observed and analysed in a timely fashion.
Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities
8. Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory Financial Security and internal Compliance requirements including Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).
9. Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure to be fully qualified to undertake the role. Complete all mandatory training as required to attain and maintain competence;
10. Escalate all issues that you do not understand or require further guidance
Position location
Geographical area
Europe, United Kingdom
City
London
Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality
• University degree or equivalent
Experience
11. Prior short-term experience within a bank or FI would be useful but is not a prerequisite
Required skills
12. Working understanding of a risk management framework and what this means at a wholesale investment bank.
13. Strong administrative skills.
14. Excellent communication (presentational and written) skills.
15. Good interpersonal skills with strong diplomacy and tact.
16. Confident and adaptable, and possess an eye for detail.
17. Proactive, with a ‘can do’ attitude.
18. Ability to work well independently or as part of a team.
19. Energy and tenacity to work well under pressure to deadlines.
Technical skills required
• IT literacy (MS Office, databases etc).
• Project management.
• Analytical skills
Languages
English (fluency required), French (fluency required)