Financial Crime Investigations Consultant

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Investigations Consultant is an experienced role with day-to-day responsibility for the completion of complex investigations and gathering financial crime intelligence, and supporting the Investigations and FIU Lead to execute their responsibilities.

Financial crime responsibilities:

•Conduct complex cross-jurisdictional or cross-entity financial crime investigations.

•Investigate non-AML financial crime incidents (such as bribery and corruption or sanctions evasion)

•Support the development and maintenance of the Group Financial Crime Response Plan.

•Support the development and maintenance of the investigations manual.

•Support ‘lessons learned’ activities following investigations, including trend analysis and identify feedback related to potential control gaps / failures.

•Support ‘deep dives’ relating to transaction monitoring and fraud monitoring and support dissemination of intelligence to Business Unit 1LoD financial crime teams to support the development of transaction monitoring and fraud typologies.

•Support Financial Crime threat scanning activities.

Additional responsibilities:

•Other tasks and activities within the scope of your role or team as required from time to time.

Skill requirements:

•Experienced in leading financial crime investigations, including analysing financial transactions, records and behavioural patterns to identify illicit activity.

•Experienced in gathering intelligence from public open sources including adverse media.

•Experienced in gathering, and reviewing investigation summaries and escalate to senior management/governance committees

•Experience in filing SARs/STRs./DAMLs

•Excellent communications skills, with the ability to communicate with internal senior stakeholder and external stakeholders at relevant regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies.

•Proven experience in conducting horizon scanning activities relating to identification of relevant and emerging financial crime threats.

•Strong communications and report writing skills, with the ability to effectively communication findings to the Investigations and FIU Lead and internal stakeholders, such as Local MLROs.

Experience Level: Experienced Colleague

Recruiter: Helen Simons

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.  Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying. 

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com