Financial Crime Analyst

East Lothian  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Our Blue Chip Client are looking for Financial Crime Analysts

After migrating their customers and products onto a new platform, our client are in the process of standing up their new Financial Crime Target Operating Model. Reporting to the Assistant Systems & Analytics Manager as part of our Financial Crime Risk team, you'll have an important role in ensuring that SFC risks are mitigated by using the systems and controls

Will ideally have knowledge, skills and experience to take an active role in configuring and tuning Financial Crime (FC) systems (AML, Sanctions, CTF, Fraud & AB&C) and o manage FC data and MI.

Main accountabilities

You'll support the development, maintenance and optimisation of the wider Financial Crime systems and control framework by providing technical input into or directly overseeing aspects of:

  • Co-ordination of all aspects of system governance and supplier liaison for financial crime systems
  • FC analysis and data extraction/manipulation in support of incident/issue management, horizon scanning, threat assessment, FC planning, budgeting and business case preparation.
  • On-going review, validation and optimisation of FC system performance.
  • Drive internal systems optimisation or work with Outsource Suppliers to identify, monitor and resolve FC systems performance issues, gaps and tuning opportunities within agreed SLAs.
  • Design, implement and validate new rules/settings in response to specific/emerging threats.
  • Review and validate analysis undertaken by outsource suppliers as part of the annual review of system settings/rules, and subsequently Validate any amended rules/settings implemented.
  • A central audit trail of all FC related system matching/rules/referral settings (and changes to those settings) together with the underlying rationale.
  • Bespoke (one off) extraction and analysis of FC related date in support of specific investigations, emerging threats, etc. and subsequent participation in any relevant meetings/steering groups.

Who are we looking for?

  • Someone with recent experience in Financial Crime working in the First Line of Defence managing the risk of FC through system configurations (either AML/Sanctions, Fraud, AB&C or all)
  • Excellent knowledge of UK Financial Crime regulations and industry standards (either AML/Sanctions, Fraud, AB&C or all)
  • A good knowledge of Retail Banking products, services and channels
  • First class communication and stakeholder management experience
  • Holds a financial crime qualification (ICA, CAMS, etc.)

Please email Initially

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months ++
(extension possible)
From
Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited
Published at
14.09.2018
Project ID:
1632157
Contract type
Freelance
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