Job Description

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Combating Financial Crime - it\'s just another day at the office for our Anti-Financial Crime experts.

The Forensic Financial Crime Managed Services Team provides a wide range of financial crime operational services to clients, including but not limited to customer on-boarding, remediation and refresh, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening and investigation support.

Our Forensic group includes forensic accountants, law enforcement specialists, technology specialists and business intelligence experts. This range of skillsets enables us to bring great insight, value and problem-solving abilities to our clients\' issues.

Your role will form part of the financial crime team within Forensic, focusing on engagements related to anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, bribery and corruption, and conduct matters.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers debt advisory, audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It\'s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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Deloitte has one of the largest forensic practices in the world with over 1400 dedicated practitioners in over 30 countries, providing you with the opportunity to work abroad and experience varying business and cultural environments. Being part of a specialist group of around 280 professionals, but within a large global firm, means you will be part of a close knit culture but with the support and benefits of a large organisation.

The focus of our work will vary according to the specific issues with which the client is particularly concerned. Our clients have obligations to conduct, maintain and update extensive research on and for their clients. This work is based on \'Know Your Client\' (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements and regulations. The work within the team is varied, ensuring great experience and development opportunities.

We take your development and our people\'s careers very seriously and foster a nurturing environment. Our appraisal process is structured, transparent and interactive - you will receive continuous training and ongoing supportive feedback to achieve the goals that you set yourself. Be part of an environment where hard work and ambition is rewarded.

As a Technical Director, your responsibilities will vary depending on the focus of your client engagement and your skillset, but could include and/or require the following:

• Leading the delivery of projects and workstreams on a range of client engagements including:

• management of engagement financials and risk management
• leading / providing strategic direction for large project teams (often comprising of over 100 team members)
• managing the performance/underperformance of the wider team, ensuring corrective measures are taken where necessary
• building strong relationships with key client stakeholders
• designing and supporting the implementation of Governance forums and Business Escalation Boards to senior Deloitte and Client stakeholders
• providing SME input into the design and implementation of operating models to enhance operational efficiency
• Assembling and leading diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
• Mentoring and appraising staff as part of the performance management process
• Building a broad network of client relationships within the financial crime community and wider financial services industry
• Driving business development initiatives and go-to-market offerings, identifying new opportunities to deliver value to clients
• Supporting client account teams, including the management of relationships and project opportunities
• Working with client stakeholders and SMEs to identify strategic, operational or tactical solutions to complex issues
• Developing expertise and understanding of core financial crime regulation and legislation, advising on controls design and implementation or operational efficiency

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At Deloitte, our people are expected to have the professional and personal skills to provide a distinctive client experience during our engagements. We understand that we need different types of people with different skills to provide our clients with the best possible service. So whether you are a delivery specialist, regulatory advisor or technical master you will be able to find something exciting and entertaining.

To qualify, you must possess demonstrable knowledge, a proven ability to deliver with significant experience in financial crime

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience of Operations Leadership within the Financial Crime domain, including the ability to lead large diverse teams and business unit functions
• Proficient technical knowledge and experience across two or more of the financial crime risk domains (KYC, CDD, money laundering, sanctions, fraud, bribery and corruption and/or tax evasion)
• A detailed and thorough understanding of one or more segments of the financial services industry
• Significant experience in reviewing processes and controls, suggesting process improvements and highlighting inadequate or ineffective controls
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong evidence of designing solutions to problems and the ability to translate design into implementation actions
• Experience in leading workshops, sessions or meetings with various business or technical stakeholders to define requirements or strategic objectives for Financial Crime related issues
• Ability to lead sales activity, from identifying opportunities for client engagement, designing responses to market offerings through to leading oral presentations
• Excellent people management skills and experience in building, developing and leading large-scale diverse teams, fostering an environment of learning, inclusion and support
• Deep interest in innovation and a drive to build personal eminence in the industry
• Continual pursuit of broadening the skills of themselves and the team
• Advanced presentation skills including presentation design and delivery
• A developing network of relevant contacts within the market

The following will be considered an advantage:

• Professional qualifications in financial crime e.g. ICA or ACAMS or equivalent desirable, though not essential
• An understanding of UK anti-money laundering regulations

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Strong financial planning is just the start. This is where you can change the fortunes of an organisation, working with great minds across our business. Because there\'s one thing that makes our advice better than our competitors: our people.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints. This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm. The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process.

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-Janice, Business and Financial Advisory

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Location: Cardiff

Your Work, Your Way: We call our hybrid working vision Deloitte Works. And it does. We trust you to make the right choices around where, when and how you work. You\'ll be able to make decisions about how you work best, to be collaborative, learn from colleagues, share your experiences, build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Having great conversations with your team and your leadership paves the way for great collaborative ways of working.

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Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it\'s why we\'re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we\'re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we\'ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it\'s only when you\'re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we\'ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it\'s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you\'ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you\'ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you\'ll learn how to lead.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you\'ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You\'ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you\'ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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