Senior Financial Crime Analyst
As a Senior Financial Crime Analyst, your key responsibility will be to safeguard our bank and its customers against financial crimes, including fraud, money laundering, and other illegal activities. You will work closely with the Financial Crime Prevention Team, using advanced analytical tools to carefully examine transactions, identify any suspicious activities, and help implement strong protective measures.
What you’ll do:
- Monitor customer transactions using financial crime detection systems to identify potential fraud, money laundering, or other suspicious activities.
- Proactively identify financial crime trends by conducting periodic or event‑based enhanced due diligence reviews.
- Investigate flagged transaction monitoring alerts to determine their nature, risk, and necessary follow‑up actions, including the preparation of investigations.
- Contribute to the development and fine‑tuning of detection models and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in identifying financial crimes.
- Use a range of intelligence tools to effectively assess the potential financial crime risk presented by customers.
- Compile and maintain investigation records for regulatory compliance and reporting purposes.
- Stay updated on financial crime and compliance regulations to ensure practices are current.
- Work collaboratively with other departments to share insights and support the prevention strategy against financial crime.
- Participate in training and development opportunities to bolster knowledge and skills in financial crime detection and prevention.
- Handle escalations from the Customer Service team, providing practical advice on required actions for both customers and the bank.
- Support the Financial Crime Operations Team Lead in optimising and updating processes, systems, and procedures to maintain effectiveness.
- Use Financial Crime systems to check for and document malicious actors, ensuring detailed records are kept to aid investigations.
You’ll need to have:
- 2 years experience (minimum) in a fraud or financial crime role.
- Experience managing escalations and supporting investigations.
- An inquisitive and proactive attitude.
- The ability to manage a varied workload and meet SLAs.
- An analytical mindset and capable of identifying patterns in large datasets.
- A cooperative character and you enjoy working as part of a dynamic team.
- Excellent communication skills.
- ICA or ACAMs qualification (Ideal but not essential).
What we offer:
- Generous holiday time: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 1 Kroo bank holiday (June 24th), and 1 day off during the week of your birthday.
- Personal days: 3 personal days as needed.
- Employer‑sponsored volunteer program: up to 4 hours per month of employer‑sponsored volunteer time.
- Mental health support: access to Spill, our mental health support partner.
- Workplace pension: 5% employee contribution and a 3% employer top‑up.
- Top‑notch equipment: MacBook laptop and support for home office set‑up.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Electric Car scheme.
- Enhanced parental leave policy.
- Room for growth in a high‑growth start‑up environment.
- Full healthcare for you and your nuclear family via Vitality.
Office / Hybrid Working and Working Times
This is a hybrid position with the expectation to visit the Manchester office once a week. Our ambition is to be a truly 24/7 customer‑focused bank. You’ll be working 5 shifts (Monday – Sunday) and 37.5 hours per week. The shifts will be provided well in advance, typically ranging between 07:00 – 19:30.
Diversity and Inclusion
We wholeheartedly uphold our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Every employee is highly regarded, respected, and supported without any form of judgement or prejudice. We consider Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion as fundamental pillars guiding our path in all aspects of our bank. We also ensure that reasonable adjustments are made available to all candidates throughout the recruitment process.
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