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As a Due Diligence Associate, you will be working in our Due Diligence team, which is responsible for helping Starling Bank identify and manage risks through customer screening, payment screening, risk assessment and monitoring. In this role you will receive training to develop your knowledge of customer due diligence, anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing practices. Successful candidates will have a desire to start a career in financial crime prevention and benefit from personal and professional development opportunities while working on activities that help Starling Bank in the fight against financial crime.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing alerts triggered by routine customer screening activities.
- Supporting the ongoing monitoring of customers that are subject to Enhanced Due Diligence measures.
- Reviewing alerts triggered by routine payment screening activities
- Completing due diligence on inbound and outbound high value domestic payments.
- Supporting Know Your Customer refreshes based on event driven trigger points.
- Receiving and responding to requests for information regarding payments.
- Any other reasonable management request.
Requirements
- Experience working in the financial services sector.
- Awareness of financial service firms obligations in respect of financial crime prevention.
- Desire to start a career in financial crime prevention.
- Quick learner with ability to work in a fast paced environment.
- Confident and able to make decisions.
- Good communicator.
- Enjoy working in a team environment.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
About Us
We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. We know that our bank is only as good as the people who build it. From customer support and engineering to marketing and business development, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.
You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.
We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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