Financial Crime Senior Analyst

2 days ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Nucleus Financial Full time

As a Senior Analyst within the Financial Crime team, you will play a pivotal role in protecting the organisation from financial crime risks, including fraud, money laundering, bribery, and corruption. This role is designed for a high-performing individual ready to be a Financial Crime SME, lead initiatives, and mentor junior colleagues. You will work closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Change, and Operations, contributing to the development and execution of the financial crime framework, and driving continuous improvement in controls and analytics. 

Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Technology, acting as a trusted advisor on financial crime matters.
Represent Financial Crime in cross-functional forums, working groups and change programmes, ensuring risk is appropriately considered and mitigated.
Act as a Change Champion for Financial Crime, leading impact assessments on new business initiatives and ensuring controls are embedded effectively.
Provide subject matter expertise on financial crime risks during project delivery and business transformation
Manage the relationship with external AML provider (SmartSearch), ensuring service performance, regulatory alignment, and continuous improvement.
Review Vendor Risk Assessments in line with financial crime risk appetite ensuring appropriate oversight and controls for higher risk vendors. 
Training & Culture 
Plan, deliver, and evaluate financial crime training across the business, promoting awareness and embedding a strong risk culture.
Monitoring & Investigations 
Lead proactive reviews of monitoring reports from legacy and current platforms, identifying financial crime risks and recommending control enhancements.
Conduct and oversee investigations into suspicious activity, ensuring thorough documentation, escalation, and resolution in line with regulatory expectations.
Review and sign off updates to process and procedural documentation following analyst input, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Support the wider team with responses to ad hoc queries, providing guidance and ensuring consistency in messaging and approach.
Lead horizon scanning and competitor analysis, particularly around FCA AML fines and alerts, translating insights into strategic recommendations.
Collaborate with the wider Risk & Compliance teams to maintain a positive risk culture and ensure alignment with regulatory developments.
Support onboarding and training of new team members, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge and tools to succeed.
Take ownership of tasks and decisions to ensure good outcomes for customers, balancing risk management with commercial awareness.

A high level of understanding in financial crime and monitoring/assurance.
A strong understanding of AML, fraud, sanctions, and anti-bribery frameworks.
Promote a positive risk and compliance culture across the business.
Values building strong business relations across our business and within the second line.
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