Customer Onboarding Risk Specialist

Customer Onboarding Risk Specialist
Langar, Nottinghamshire | £33,000 - £35,000 + benefits | Hybrid working (3 days in office incl. Wednesdays)

Macildowie are exclusively partnered with a well-established and highly regulated asset finance provider to recruit a Customer Onboarding Risk Specialist. This newly created role is ideal for someone who thrives in compliance-heavy environments, particularly within commercial or business banking.

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of UK high-risk onboarding processes for a dual-regulated financial institution with complex client profiles. You'll be the UK-based compliance contact within a small, growing team - playing a key role in assessing high-risk applications and ensuring adherence to both UK and EU standards.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

• Review and process high-risk customer account applications (PEPs, complex structures, high-risk geographies).

• Act as the SME for UK AML/CTF regulations (POCA, JMLSG, FATF, MLR 2017).

• Draft EDD reports and escalate AML concerns as needed.

• Collaborate with internal teams in the UK and across Europe.

• Conduct ongoing monitoring and propose process improvements.

✅ What We're Looking For

• Strong working knowledge of UK AML/CTF legislation.

• Experience working in a commercial banking or financial compliance role.

• Familiarity with tools like World-Check, Dow Jones, LexisNexis.

• Ability to analyse complex customer structures and communicate risks clearly.

• A proactive, confident communicator - comfortable liaising with stakeholders at all levels.

• Professional certification (e.g., ICA, CAMS) is desirable.

🔒 Why Join?

• You'll play a pivotal role in building UK-specific compliance capability.

• Opportunity to work across borders in a dynamic, well-supported function.

• Open-plan office, collaborative culture, and strong longer-term growth plans.

Apply today to be considered for this highly specialised role, or contact Macildowie's compliance recruitment team for more insight.

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