Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Senior Financial Crime Adviser, Advisory

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Primary Responsibilities
Assisting the Firm in its compliance with its financial crime obligations, including:
- Provide AML/CTF and sanctions advice to the Firm, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Develop, implement and maintain the firm's sanctions compliance programme.
- Stay up-to-date with changes in sanctions laws and regulations and ensure the company's policies and procedures are updated accordingly.
- Provide advice and guidance to senior management and the global firm on complex clearances with particular focus on sanctions compliance.
- Understand the nature and impact of sanctions, both comprehensive and targeted, and advise the business accordingly.
- Provide advice, guidance and training to fee earners and business services staff on sanctions policies, controls and procedures.
- Support with developing sanctions compliance policies and procedures in line with the PCP global framework.
- Monitor and review the firm's activities to ensure adherence to sanctions regulations.
- Build knowledge within the New Business and Enterprise Risk department regarding sanctions compliance and develop the team's understanding of relevant laws and regulations.
- Support the Head of Financial Crime Advisory in providing advice to the firm in relation to all regulatory enquiries, audits and surveys across EMEA, UK and the US.
- Advise stakeholders within the firm on complex financial crime and CDD queries, while building a strong understanding of the firm and the types of matters/transactions it undertakes.
- Prepare and present training to the internal NBI teams.
- Carry out research on clients by using a variety of different research tools including analysis of structure charts and other materials to establish the true beneficial ownership of the client.
- Liaise with the other New Business Intake teams to ensure a joined up and efficient process for the fee earners and PA's.
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Candidates should be a lawyer with 3 to 4 years PQE working in Financial Crime or should have a degree (law degree advantageous but not required; 2:1 or above preferred) and have worked in a Financial Crime environment in the regulated sector, or with a regulatory body or law enforcement for more than 3 years.


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- Has the ICA AML Diploma or is willing to undertake it (sponsored by the firm).
- Good understanding of applying sanctions and AML laws, applicable in the UK and international sanctions and a desire to develop further in this area.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Good commercial awareness.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal, written and face to face communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.
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