Financial Crime Prevention Analyst

Zodia Custody is an institution-first digital asset custodian that does not compromise on its control standards. We are regulation first in everything we do. Within the Financial Crime Compliance Operations department, we are at the forefront of innovation and alongside our colleagues are engaged in safely developing Business Services to support the fast-structuring crypto-industry.

This is a key role for an early career professional within the Group Financial Crime Compliance Operations Team ("FCC"). This role is pivotal in ensuring that Zodia executes its ongoing due diligence and monitoring obligations on clients and effectively manages risk in the first line. The role is based in London and will report to the 1LoD Financial Crime lead in addition to providing support to the Onboarding Manager to

ensure the business remains compliant with both regulatory and legislative requirements imposed by Global regulators. This will be an important role within Zodia Custody's group operations.

You'll spend your time:.

• Conducting due diligence on clients and counterparties of Zodia Custody across multiple jurisdictions
• Liaising with clients, relationship managers and sales teams to understand client activity
• Investigating screening alerts against PEP, Sanctions and Adverse Media lists
• Assist in the compilation and analysis of risk metrics for regular reporting to key risk management committees and to regulators
• Helping the Financial Crime Prevention Leadership team conduct ad-hoc reviews of key controls and systems
• To assist with any other operational tasks as might reasonably be requested.

The role will be based in London and suits an early career professional looking to learn and develop a career in Financial Crime Prevention. Above all, we are looking for people that are excited and proactive about helping Zodia Custody scale in a compliant, thoughtful and controlled way.

• You have a university degree, ideally, in a related discipline such as finance, law, economics, criminology or similar
• You are interested in the challenges of preventing money laundering, sanctions evasion, bribery and corruption and other forms of economic crime in a complex and fast moving environment
• You are interested in digital assets and how they are used within financial services
• You are willing to learn about risk management and to grow and develop;
• You're a self-starter, driving and autonomous, able to make prioritisation decisions and able to work independently with minimum supervision;
• You are comfortable managing multiple deadlines through to completion and have excellent attention to detail;
• You're resilient and comfortable working in a fast paced and ambiguous environment where the day to day job is constantly evolving and changing
• You are hands-on and great at execution; and
• You're a team player and collaborate well with other people including with teams that may be partly remote;

We are a friendly team, with monthly socials and seasonal celebrations as well as offering a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Competitive employer contribution pension scheme
• Private health care
• Critical Illness cover
• Life Insurance
• Flexible bank holidays (can chose whether to work on bank holidays and use the leave elsewhere in the year)