Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Senior Specialist

As a Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Senior Specialist your purpose is to execute and implement the vision, strategy and direction set by the Head of Compliance, consistent with the vision and strategy for ING Group as set by Compliance centrally.

Together with other team members, you share a collective responsibility identifying, managing, reporting, monitoring and escalating local Compliance risks. At the same time, you will contribute to the shape of global policies and be responsible for drafting and implementing local guidelines and standards where additional local requirements do exist.

You keep track/oversight of the local implementation of all policy-driven requirements by means of issue tracking, monitoring, Risk Dashboards, risk appetite, risk assessment and other risk specific reporting (regulatory and internal reporting) to internal stakeholders including Corporate/Group Compliance. You have ongoing interaction with its correspondent team located at Business Line Compliance. You will participate in the global Compliance community.

Key Responsibilities:

• You execute activities aimed at mitigating the Compliance risks under your remit;
• You execute (global) complex investigations;
• You are accountable for:
  • advisory activities (both client (segment)/deal related and in relation to underlying processes),
  • training, awareness & communication, and
  • Compliance oversight including monitoring & reporting on Compliance related risks;
• You are a content matter expert, and decision maker responsible for taking final decisions as well as for proposing solutions to be implemented;
• You are accountable for the roll-out, execution, uniformity and follow-ups of the risk-specific Risk Assessments to your country;
• You support the Compliance Monitoring team to execute relevant controls and challenge the 1st line of defense control assessments, acting as a Subject Matter Expert where needed;
• You have advanced knowledge of ING requirements and international standards related to CDD/CFT/AML/Sanctions and CTI (Customer Tax Integrity);
• You actively maintain your knowledge of the industry practices & trends and ever changing Compliance regulations, procedures and emerging issues and threats;
• You ensure that the internal Compliance standards reflect both the letter and spirit of the locally applicable laws and regulations;
• You oversee the internal Compliance obligations for all employees cross the Bank and you fulfil an instrumental role to (support) raising awareness and meeting professional education requirements as well as supporting the emotional connectivity to the financial and economic (FEC) risks FCC is overseeing fostering a strong risk culture;
• You support the first line of defense (1LoD) with the adequate identification of Compliance related risks in their domain and you are able to challenge the 1LoD;
• You are responsible for advice and oversight on the implementation and operating effectiveness of the Compliance policies, procedures and controls to mitigate the identified risks in the organization;
• You are responsible for advising the 1LoD with regard to the formulation of their risk appetite statements based on the residual risks that flow from the risk identification- and oversight activities;
• You ensure collection of necessary information and evidence to enable effective monitoring of financial crime risks including issue tracking and effective collaboration with the Compliance monitoring teams;
• You ensure collation and security of necessary information and evidence to enable effective assessment of any potential incidents and work in collaboration with the central investigations team as required;
• You are a subject matter expert and decision maker responsible for taking final decisions as well proposed solutions being implemented;
• You are part of the global Compliance community and where applicable part of global working group and leadership teams;
• You are an ambassador to raise awareness about Compliance internally as well as externally;

• You perform other Compliance related tasks according to the current needs of the bank as per direction from your superior

Your key competencies

• You are an energetic, motivated and motivating person who can work as part of a multidisciplinary team;
• Steering of the compliance activities in the Compliance area with the help of a team of compliance experts;
• Interest and drive to continuously development of compliance knowledge and expertise within the team and contribute to the same within the wider ING compliance community;

• You work independently, think and act out of the box, you take challenge naturally;
• You stay continuously up to date with relevant developments (regulatory, societal expectations, modus operandi, emerging threats, RegTech, etc);
• You have the ability to be persistent and drive change in creative ways;
• You are a team player; you trust others and can be trusted;
• You maintain contacts with internal stakeholders and relevant external parties;
• You are experienced in dealing with authorities;
• You have the ability to interact with ING senior management and supervisory board (where applicable), as well as working with junior bank staff and on detailed technical topics
• You stimulate cross-border interaction and alignment with colleagues from other locations;
• You give and ask constructive feedback;
• You inspire, motivate and help others to succeed;
• Furthermore, you adhere to the ING values

Your technical skills and track record:

• You are a senior subject matter expert on Compliance topics, with a clear understanding of the risks under your management and you actively maintain your knowledge and skills;
• You have experience with maintaining policies and standards and you are instrumental in helping these to be adequately implemented;

• You have an in-depth knowledge and experience regarding compliance risk assessment methodologies;
• You have a natural persuasiveness/counter vailing power and know when to speak up;

• Experience in an investigative discipline is an advantage (auditing, forensic, security);
• You have a university degree or equivalent or dominant relevant experience in the Compliance domain;
• You have a minimum of 5 year of relevant experience;
• You have an excellent level of English and Czech both verbally and in writing;
• You have a curious and an innovative mindset;
• You have excellent collaboration skills and ability to work across functional and geographic lines;
• You are firm when needed and able to show flexibility when possible;
• You have analytical skills and sound judgement;
• You possess the right to work in the Czech Republic.

What we offer

• We operate at the heart of ING’s wholesale banking franchise in the Czech Republic providing many opportunities for further career advancement. This environment provides excellent opportunities for a talented individual to gain experience in a high-paced and international environment ;
• Opportunities for professional growth and development;
• A wide array of benefits (e.g. Annual bonus, Cafeteria points, Multisport card, extra 10 days of annual leave, Pension/life insurance contribution, home office support);
• Training opportunities, and a safe, pleasant working environment;
• Full-time position;
• A modern culture with flexible options for remote work and office presence (located at Českomoravská, Prague 9).