Senior Consultant - Financial Crime Compliance - Muscat

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Our Financial Crime team consists of professionals who advise and drive change for the firm’s banking, capital markets, insurance and asset management clients on Financial Crime topics, including:

• AML transaction monitoring;
• Customer screening/payment filtering for Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media;
• KYC and customer on-boarding;
• Fraud detection;
• Market abuse;
• Anti-bribery and corruption;
• Financial crime policy and governance;
• Financial crime risk models.

The Opportunity

We are looking for Financial Crime specialists at various levels to join our growing team. You’ll be in a client-facing role focused on delivery of regulatory remediation, process and technology improvement, as well as delivering insights to our clients in anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions and fraud.
Skills and attributes for success

• Desire to build / develop a career in advising our clients with improvements and industry insights in the Financial Crime area;
• Understand emerging issues, industry trends, regulations and new technologies relevant to financial crimes regulatory compliance;
• High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions and ability to work under pressure;
• Intellectual strength / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalize these into workable solutions which can then be delivered;
• Appreciation of EY’s solutions / go to market abilities and how these service client needs;
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills;
• Strong team player.

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years of related work experience at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company;
• Experience in any of the following solution areas: AML Transaction Monitoring, KYC & Customer Information Management, Sanctions, Fraud, Models & Model Validation, FIU & Investigation Support, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Trader Surveillance;
• Ability and comfort level in researching client inquiries and emerging issues relating to financial crimes, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies;
• Willingness and ability to travel both nationally and internationally to meet client needs.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience of developing sales collateral such as proposal responses;
• A degree and in a technical subject may be an advantage;
• Further qualifications in the Compliance area are a plus (e.g. CAMS, ICA diploma).

What we look for

We’re looking for passionate leaders with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the risk industry. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve their full potential, this role is for you.
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. We also offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction and consulting services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.
Join us in building a better working world.
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