Job Description We’re seeking a talented Financial Crime Officer to join our team in Liverpool on a 6 month FTC. You will be responsible for financial crime monitoring and advice on all relevant financial crime issues primarily for the Professional Services (Tax and Business Services) Division. As Financial Crime Officer, your responsibilities will include among others: Sanctions/PEP/Enforcement Screening – overseeing the management of the escalated alerts resulting of the screening new and existing clients, and payments, against Financial Sanctions, PEP and Enforcement lists ensuring that all potential matches are promptly investigated and escalated when required AML - Deal with enquiries about non-standard AML verification issues. Review, research and approve EDD for higher-risk potential clients (Medium & High Risk), escalating concerns to the Financial Crime Manager, Associate Director or Deputy MLRO/MLRO as appropriate. Provide advice and assistance in respect of the application of the Professional Services AML requirements to client-specific scenarios Ongoing Enhanced Due Diligence – Overseeing enhanced ongoing monitoring of higher-risk clients (i.e. clients residing in jurisdictions outside of the approved low risk list, PEPs and any other clients that have been deemed higher risk by Financial Crime) Management Information - Support in the population of data for monthly compliance reports, financial crime dashboards and any other ad hoc reports when required Financial Crime policies and procedures – Overseeing the maintenance of all financial crime registers and logs to ensure accurate record keeping General advice and financial crime matters - Assist with providing appropriate, consistent advice on financial crime matters to line management and staff, escalating issues as necessary