Private Markets AML Officer

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Job Description

We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

Company-provided healthcare

A generous annual leave allowance

Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements

Generous pension provisions

Income protection

Health and wellness benefits

Volunteering days

Enhanced parental leave

Life insurance

Your Role:

Oversight and support of AML (including PEP and sanction screening) related systems, processes, and operations across all private market business lines including real estate funds and EMEA locations, in close cooperation with MLROs.

What you will be doing:

- Support the design, management, and oversight of efficient and effective systems and controls related to AML (including PEP and sanction screening), ensuring compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and related regulations at all times, with a particular focus on real estate funds and transactions.
- Ensure processes, policies, and documentation are updated in light of new regulation, general Invesco projects, and continuous improvement activities, including those specific to real estate fund structures. Support projects to implement change.
- Support the identification, mitigation, and management of AML-related risks, including those arising from real estate investments and transactions; report and escalate such risks as needed; and address AML improvements identified by internal and external auditors as well as compliance monitoring.
- Oversee third parties handling outsourced AML activities for Invesco IRE EMEA, including those supporting real estate funds; adhere to relevant controls, policies, and procedures; conduct tests/site visits to ensure adequate AML quality and adherence to Key Performance Indicators. Review and oversight of incoming reports, data, and MI from third parties, with attention to real estate fund operations.
- Support the completion of client onboarding—including client risk profiling, PEP and sanctions screening, and client due diligence for real estate fund investors—escalating as required.
- Act as an escalation point for completion of service providers’ ongoing transaction monitoring, including real estate fund transactions, identifying and tracking suspicious activity, investigating alerts, applying relevant blocks and restrictions, and escalating to MLRO/Compliance as required.
- Complete counterparties identification, including counterparty risk profiling, PEP and sanctions screening, verification, and recording of identification documents, with a focus on real estate fund counterparties and partners.
- Work closely with Compliance/MLROs across EMEA on BAU and new AML requirements, including those specific to real estate funds.
- Ensure delivery of appropriate and accurate AML-related MI and reports to internal stakeholders, external authorities, Boards, and Management as appropriate, including reporting on real estate fund activities.
- Support any internal audits, Compliance Monitoring, and other reviews as required, including those related to real estate fund operations.
- Support the design, management, and oversight of efficient and effective systems and controls related to AML (including PEP and sanction screening), ensuring compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and related regulations at all times, with a particular focus on real estate funds and transactions.

What you will bring:

- Relevant experience of AML-related topics within the Financial Services industry, preferably in asset management, with a strong preference for experience in real estate funds or real estate investment management.
- Experience managing regulatory change in both a BAU and project environment, ideally including real estate fund structures and transactions.
- Evidence of relationship management internally and externally, including with real estate fund administrators, investors, and partners.
- Experience providing oversight of processes with third-party administrators, particularly those supporting real estate funds.
- AML expert, with a deep understanding of AML requirements and best practices as they relate to real estate funds and transactions.
- Good understanding of what a great AML process looks like and how to manage this, especially in the context of real estate investments.
- Knowledge of general asset management and oversight processes, with an understanding of the linkage of AML to other functions, including real estate fund operations.
- Good understanding of outsourcing AML/KYC oversight requirements, particularly for real estate fund service providers.
- Excellent knowledge of current AML regulations and awareness of future regulatory changes, especially those impacting real estate funds.
- AML qualification would be an advantage
- Interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels of the organization, as well as with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and real estate fund partners.
- Ability to gain commitment through excellent influencing and consultative skills.
- Excellent networking and relationship-building skills, particularly within the real estate investment community.
- Client focus, with experience supporting real estate fund clients.
- Strong issue resolution skills with a focus on risk controls.
- Project management and change management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, and to prioritize workloads.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in the role's advertised office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

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We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about.  We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Recruitment Agencies:  
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Regulatory:
This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.