EDD Analyst

LHV Bank, a fully licensed UK bank, specialises in Savings, Banking Services for global fintechs, and SME Lending solutions for UK businesses, offering commercial real estate investment and trading loans from £0.5m. As a leading provider of real-time multi-currency payments, accounts, acquiring, indirect scheme access, open banking, and FX solutions, LHV Bank supports 200+ fintech companies, including Airwallex, Currencycloud, Truelayer, and Wise, serving 10 million+ end customers and reaching a potential market of 500 million across the UK and Europe.

After obtaining its UK banking licence in May 2023, LHV Bank entered the retail savings market via deposit aggregators in August 2023, followed by the launch of its direct-to-customer retail banking proposition in December 2024.

For more information, visit lhv.com.

Overview

Reporting to the Director of Financial Crime Risk, the successful candidate will be part of the Banking Services AML Business Risk Management function. You will be responsible for undertaking all aspects of new client onboarding and the ongoing periodic review process as well as handling ad-hoc escalations, undertaking on-site visits to clients and handling transaction monitoring alerts to proactively manage the financial crime risks posed by the firm’s clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This role exists to manage the financial crime risks associated with LHV UK’s customer base, comprising predominantly UK and EEA regulated non-bank financial institutions. This includes:

• Liaising with relevant Relationship Managers, prospects and clients when onboarding new entities, undertaking periodic reviews of existing clients, and at other points of the client lifecycle.
• Analyzing onboarding and periodic review questionnaires and the sufficiency of the financial crime programs of prospective and existing clients.
• Undertaking assessments of the risks posed to LHV UK by prospective and existing clients, both using the Customer Risk Assessment model at onboarding and periodic refresh as well as through qualitative assessment as part of targeted reviews, onsite visits, transaction monitoring results and escalations.
• Managing and maintaining the process for all aspects of CDD and EDD at onboarding and at periodic review, including driving the process to completion.
• Undertaking all necessary standalone economic sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening on clients and the applicable associated parties.
• Conducting on-site visits to clients to assess their financial crimes programme in order to form a view as to the risks posed to the firm.
• Identifying areas of high or unacceptable risk, and assessing the suitability of clients subject to the Special Interest Client and Excessive Fraud programmes.
• Producing management information in relation to onboarding, periodic review, transaction monitoring, onsite visits and the client portfolio.
• Presenting case summaries, client escalations and management information to a senior audience, including the AML Committee, as and when required.
• Fostering a positive on-going engagement with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Undertaking assigned Business Risk Management project work or relevant tasks as given by the Director of AML Business Risk.

Experience and attributes:

• Experience in a CDD or EDD function within a financial services firm.
• Strong experience of correspondent banking or payment intermediaries, including e-money institutions.
• The ability to analyse client documentation including organisational charts and complex ownership structures to identify beneficial ownership and to assess the sufficiency of policies and procedures.
• Experience liaising with the business regarding key AML matters.
• Able to articulate understanding of relevant regulations and guidelines particularly the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Terrorism Act 2000 and the SAR reporting regime.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Superb attention to detail.
• Ability to develop, implement and enhance processes.
• Passionate about the benefits of a positive compliance culture.
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure managing multiple priorities.

Limited travel may be required.

Some of our benefits

•    Competitive salary & progression
•    Open and inclusive culture 
•    Hybrid working 
•    Fantastic offices and great working environment
•    Vitality Health Plan (includes private health insurance, travel insurance, gym discounts)
•    Medicash health plan (Level 3)
•    5% employer pension contribution
•    Life assurance
•    Income protection insurance
•    28 days holiday plus 3 additional days, bank holidays & further days for various key life events
•    Team socials