Associate Director - AML Client Onboarding

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Associate Director – AML Client Onboarding

Location: Central London (Moorgate)

Get To Know Us:

SS&C GlobeOp, a division of SS&C Technologies, is one of the world’s largest administrators with core competencies in private equity, hedge funds, funds of funds and managed accounts. SS&C has been providing outsourcing and fund administration services since 1995.

Key differentiators for our business are significant staff expertise and high employee retention rates, ownership of underlying technology and impeccable client service. Our growth is largely driven by referrals from satisfied clients.

A leading innovator in alternative investment technology solutions and services, SS&C is also home to the industry’s largest fund administrator: SS&C GlobeOp, helping funds of all sizes from start-ups to today's largest funds.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:

The AML Associate Director is a subject matter expert relied upon to assist with escalations, client due diligence, escalations and general queries in support of the fund administration services provided to domestic and offshore hedge fund Clients and private equity fund Clients.

These services include performing anti-money laundering and due diligence checks on clients and funds on SS&C’s own behalf. The AML Associate Director reports directly to the AML lead and is expected to be a day to day lead of AML professionals supporting our business.

The AML Associate Director exercises wide-latitude to make decisions within established company policies to meet business objectives. Also advising staff and partners with cross-functional teams to meet project schedules and to develop solutions to issues. You will be accountable for the departments results and establishing procedures and recommendations to changes to policies.

Key Responsibilities

As the SME and team leader, this role will involve:

• Day to day function and management of AML reviews.
• Responsibility for follow ups with clients/stakeholders regarding outstanding AML documentation, Risk Analysis and updating records in order to be able to report effectively
• Working directly with senior stake holders, auditors, MLROs, internal management committees and compliance, regarding client AML compliance.
• Effective filing and archiving of all AML documentation in line with regulation.
• Overseeing and actively participating in the ongoing refresh of AML requirements in line with regulation.
• Assistance with the risk assessment, due diligence and overall implementation of new clients.
• Performing ongoing screening of clients against sanctions lists and appropriate internal and client reporting based on results as well as online sources.
• Preparation for and participation in client operational calls regarding AML and Due Diligence.
• Providing accurate and up to date regulatory knowledge and oversight to assist with the ongoing development of policies and best practises both regionally and as part of a global group.

What You Will Bring:

Candidates are expected to have strong communication, organization, diligence, risk assessment and MS Office abilities with prior experience with:

• Understanding and interpreting AML regulations and obligations, including risk assessment, imposed by globally recognised regulators (for example CBI, CSSF, CIMA and the BMA).
• Experience using screening software for the purpose of dispositioning alerts.
• Client and Fund due diligence and beneficial owner identification and verification.
• Policy and procedure development and related training.
• Full risk assessment and reporting skill set.
• Prior experience performing regulatory reviews with internal and external auditors and regulators.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.