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BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations, or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of March 31, 2021, BNY Mellon had $41.7 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $2.2 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news.

The role of the Financial Crimes Regulatory Change, Compliance Officer is to provide support in maintaining the EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance Framework in accordance with regulatory requirements and expectations. The role includes support for the end to end regulatory change process from regulatory interpretation, scoping to determine applicability of regulatory requirements or expectations to BNY Mellon Lines of Business and Legal Entities, gap analysis against the existing controls framework, policy development and maintenance, and controls mapping. The Financial Crimes Regulatory Change, Compliance Officer will also support Governance, Management Information, Escalation and Reporting processes, as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Regulatory Interpretation: support analysis of new and amended financial crime regulations and expectations impacting the UK and the EMEA region. Working with global, regional, and local colleagues interpret the impact of regulatory change, market events, and other relevant change items, such as regulatory guidance or publications. For example, regulatory change/market event items may include legislative changes to the EU AML legislative framework, a fine issued by a regulator, updated FATF guidance, or publications on emerging AML typologies or techniques.   

• Scoping: support the determination as to whether a change in regulatory requirements or expectations will impact BNY Mellon Lines of Business and Legal Entities.

• Gap Analysis: support the gap analysis process to determine the additions or enhancements that need to be made to the EMEA financial crime control framework. 

• Policy Development and Maintenance: support the translation of regulatory change into easy to understand, clear, and consistent policy requirements and standards ensuring that the EMEA Financial Crime Framework remains up to date with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

• Controls Mapping: support the first line of defence (1LOD) in determining the extent of the impact of regulatory changes and expectations to their Lines of Business and/or Legal Entity and the controls that need to be introduced or enhanced to meet the new or amended policy requirements. 

• Governance and Management Information, Escalation and Reporting: assisting with development of financial crimes MI for key governance committees and otherwise supporting escalation and cascading of financial crime issues through reporting or other channels so that key financial crime risks are identified, discussed and mitigated. 

Additional Responsibilities
• Liaising with colleagues/peers in other jurisdictions on Regional AML Compliance programme matters and issues of common interest.

• Building a strong understanding of the EMEA Financial Crimes Framework, including governance and escalation requirements.

• Supporting the Head and Deputy Head of EMEA Financial Crimes Compliance on strategic initiatives or programmes, as needed.   
-    Comply with all BNY Mellon corporate policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct, HR policies and procedures, applicable to BNY Mellon
-    Alert management including escalation to the Chief Risk Officer and / or the EMEA Chief Risk Officer immediately of any significant changes to business risks and internal control effectiveness.
-    Notify management and/or the Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer and Head of International Compliance immediately on discovery of any material regulatory breach.
-    Comply with all Security and Health & Safety policies and procedures operating within the business.
 

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Business or Finance degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of total work experience preferred.
• Financial Services, Audit or Compliance background and/or experience with financial services compliance and/or experience with the assigned products, services or business lines/areas and the pertaining laws, regulations and rules of relevant regulators preferred.

Our offer 
•    Full time contract of employment
•    City Centre locations close to main railway station and flexible working arrangements
•    Flexible benefits package, including life and medical insurance, health screening, fitness discount programme, employee assistance program
•    Award-winning Wellbeing Program supporting you with your unique health and wellbeing needs
•    Pension scheme 
•    On-site childcare and a parental buddy programme
•    Exciting opportunities for career and global mobility
•    Diverse and inclusive environment
•    Employee Referral Program
•    Recognition programmes

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.