*Objective of the AML Specialist and Team Lead role* The purpose of the role is to provide a financial crime combating-, sanctions and anti-moneylaundering (AML) Centre of Excellence function to mitigate and manage the risk that business and its subsidiaries may be used for moneylaundering, the financing of terrorism or any other form of financial crime. The role will incorporate requirements that are mandated by the Compliance function, including facilitating and assisting the  businesses to implement them. It also includes activities related to the AML operational management of the 1st line AML function for several of the businesses. *What will make you successful in this role* Develop, document, maintain and continuously improve the enterprise-wide financial crime risk management framework by attending to the following: • Proactively identify and assess financial crime related risks and identify, initiate, lead and guide remedial actions, including to effectively manage the financial-, reputational-, regulatory- and compliance risks associated with financial crime related regulation, including AML legislation; • Develop, enhance and maintain the AML/CFT- and sanctions framework by ensuring that businesses’ policies, standards and procedures specific to AML/CFT as well as the various sanctions regimes to which the business is subject are current and meet both relevant RSA requirements as well as the requirements of all other relevant jurisdictions in which business is done and/or is regulated; and • Assist with developing, maintaining and implementing group-wide minimum standards for AML/CFT and sanctions screening to which each SIG entity must adhere; • Develop, implement and maintain governance processes for the AML/CFT Risk Management and Compliance Programme (“RMCP”) of the business; • Providing advice and guidance to entities in the  business to develop, enhance and maintain a risk-based approach to AML/CFT compliance across various international jurisdictions; • Provide specialist advice to business and its clusters with a focus on regulatory requirements, standards and best practice in the fields of financial crime and AML/CFT; and • Advise on strategic and integrated risk solutions for the resolution of complex AML/CFT-, sanctions- and financial crime related business and regulatory challenges in the business *Key Responsibilities* AML Centre of Excellence: • Identification and highlighting of possible money laundering activities and reporting thereof. • Ensure proper investigation of suspicious transactions or money laundering alerts. • Ensuring that transactions on which enquiries are raised, are executed to the required standards. • Maintain an up to date understanding of money laundering and terrorist financing issues, including policies, procedures, regulations, industry best practice, criminal typologies and developing trends. • Chairing of the business AML Forum • Management of requests between the business Cluster and Group C