Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Analyst/Associate – Birmingham

Financial Crime Compliance team (“FCC”) has primary responsibility for the execution of the firm’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering, anti-bribery, and government sanctions compliance programs and, among other things, performs enhanced due diligence and government sanctions screening, as well as surveillance and investigations designed to identify potential terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, market abuse, or other suspicious activity.  Within FCC, the Anti-Bribery & Corruption Group is responsible for implementing the firmwide anti-bribery and anti-corruption program, including assessment of the firm’s bribery/corruption risk, development and implementation of policies and procedures to prevent, detect and report bribery and corrupt payments; due diligence with respect to proposed intermediaries, and certain other business counterparties; training of relevant personnel; monitoring and surveillance of gifts and entertainment; investigations of “red flags” and internal escalations; and bringing significant issues to the attention of senior management.  

YOUR IMPACT

The Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance Officer would assist in all aspects of the anti-bribery program, including but not limited to:

• Supporting the implementation of anti-bribery policies, procedures and projects
• Conducting intermediary/finder and vendor due diligence reviews, analysis and writing-up reports 
• Reviewing gifts, travel, and entertainment, relationship candidate and charitable contribution requests
• Investigating escalations and conducting forensic reviews  
• Collaborating with risk partners on anti-bribery matters
• Collaborating with other control functions 

Basic Qualifications 

• Prior experience in anti-bribery/anti-corruption compliance, legal, consulting, law enforcement investigations or audit preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills (fluency in English required)
• Strong analytical, investigative and risk assessment skills
• Ability to prioritize demanding workflows, be detailed-oriented and well-organized
• Ability to adapt to new changes and new challenges
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients
• Self-starter, pro-active and able to work independently and yet still be team-oriented
• Experience with Microsoft Office and databases such as World-Check, Factiva, and Lexis/Nexis