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Money Laundering Reporting Officer – SMF-17 Required
Hodge are a financial services business focused on the retail savings, commercial lending and specialist residential mortgage markets. Working at Hodge is about making a difference. That starts with our purpose: we make life better for customers and society in the moments that matter.
For over 50 years, we’ve shared the same simple mission: to really make a positive difference for our customers and communities. This ethos is in our DNA, as we are 79% owned by a charity, the Hodge Foundation.
The thing that sets us up to succeed with that mission is our people. We are so proud to have exceptional colleagues at Hodge, and we look to develop and invest in our people through their careers. Hodge is at its best when we enable our people to be their best!
We have achieved significant growth over the last few years and have ambitious plans to expand further.
The MLRO will support the CRO, and be the primary point of contact on day to day business activities helping to ensure that Hodge operates in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements related to all elements of financial crime compliance (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorist Financing, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Counter Sanctions Risk, Counter Fraud, Counter Market Abuse and Anti-Tax Evasion).
You will be responsible for the design and delivery of the Financial Crime suite of policies & standards and support the first line with the development, maintenance, continuous ongoing improvement and training employees on Hodge’s financial crime risk framework, monitoring and oversight of AML, sanctions and other financial crime risks.
Key responsibilities will include:
What we need from you:
Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.
Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.
ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.