Assistant - Economic Crime Group

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

The Quality and Risk Management Team (QRMT) at BDO comprises several sub-teams including the Legal Team, Enterprise Risk Management, Economic Crime, Quality Management, Ethics and Independence and Advisory and Compliance. It provides Partners and staff with the guidance, tools and support to enable them to identify and manage quality and risk issues. The QRMT is led by the Head of Quality and Risk Management Team, who is a partner who reports into the Head of Quality and Risk for the firm and sits on the BDO Leadership Team.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

The Economic Crime Group (ECG), led by the firm’s MLRO, is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the firm’s compliance with UK Anti Money Laundering Legislation. The team consists of a partner and 6 members of staff.

In addition to its responsibility for AML compliance, the ECG also manages the firm’s response more widely with respect to all aspects of economic crime including tax evasion, fraud, bribery & corruption and sanctions.

As an Assistant within the Economic Crime Group, you will be responsible for a range of activities including:

• Dealing with routine administrative tasks within the ECG
• Maintaining logs of internal report received in respect of suspicious activities; Politically Exposed Persons & High-Profile Individuals; sanctioned clients; Chapter 5 applications, Annual Leave, weekly mailbox rota
• Providing monthly management information for ECG Monthly Report & Annual Report
• Supporting the Economic Crime Group managers and senior managers in responding to AML queries from across the UK firm
• Assisting in documentation processes and policies underpinning the working of the ECG and the client acceptance processes for which the ECG is ultimately responsible
• Liaising with our KYC teams and assisting with research into high-risk client acceptance and continuance forms
• Consideration of different ‘red flag’ risks e.g., jurisdiction, sanctions, PEPs, adverse media
• Working with BDO’s dedicated KYC shared service centre to monitor workflows and priority requests
  
  

Requirements:

• A demonstrable interest in learning about the subject with potential scope for development
• Prior experience in an anti-money laundering role is not required
• Previous experience of office/administration skills is beneficial
• Academic studies in a related discipline is beneficial
• IT literate with competence in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to proactively plan and organise work well, and ability to prioritise
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; both written and oral
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Ability to work to deadlines, and to respond quickly
• Accuracy and attention to detail essential
• Ability to challenge current processes and implement efficiencies
• Must be flexible and adaptable
• Strong team working
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Enthusiastic / motivated / self-confident
  
  

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.