Deputy MLRO

Skills

About the Role

You will support the MLRO in maintaining and overseeing AML, counter-terrorist financing, counter-proliferation financing, and sanctions controls. You will conduct risk assessments, investigate internal suspicious activity reports, support FIAU reporting, respond to information requests, and review high-risk due-diligence cases.

Requirements

• Hands-on AML/CFT experience within a Maltese regulated entity
• Operational familiarity with Maltese financial crime laws and supervisory requirements
• Financial crime qualification such as ICA or ACAMS

Responsibilities

• Ensure AML/CFT controls comply with Maltese financial crime requirements
• Assist with bi-annual business risk assessments and maintain the financial crime risk register
• Gather data for regulatory reporting, including the FIAU Risk Evaluation Questionnaire
• Provide financial crime input into new product reviews
• Support quality assurance checks on financial crime controls
• Review and investigate internal suspicious activity reports
• Assist with drafting and submitting STRs, SARs, and targeted financial sanctions disclosures to the FIAU
• Liaise on requests for information, court orders, and freeze notices
• Conduct secondary reviews of enhanced due-diligence cases for high-risk customers

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Flexible holiday approach
• Opportunities to travel to company offices