Financial Crime and Risk Management Specialist

4 days ago


Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, United Kingdom Paragon Bank Full time
Job Description

The Financial Crime and Risk Analyst will be a key member of the Financial Crime Risk team at Paragon Bank, supporting the bank's business areas to mitigate the risk of financial crime. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Financial Crime Risk Team in discharging its legal and regulatory obligations, primarily through the collection, review, and dissemination of financial crime MI to key stakeholders within the first and second lines, and by providing additional support and assistance to Paragon's Nominated Officers and the Financial Crime Risk Assurance Team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Financial Crime Risk Team: Assist the team in discharging their regulatory obligations, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
  • Stay Up-to-Date with Legislation and Regulations: Remain abreast of legislation, regulations, industry best practice, and Paragon's products, lending criteria, and business processes.
  • Review Financial Crime Policies: Support the DMLRO in reviewing financial crime policies, policy standards, methodologies, and department procedures.
  • Collate and Review Financial Crime MI Data: Support the DMLRO in collating and reviewing financial crime MI data for the purposes of Paragon's Governance Committees, Regulatory Reporting requirements, and supporting the Nominated Officers disseminate MI through the Business Partnership Model.
  • Complete Gap Analysis: Complete gap analysis on regulatory developments on an ad hoc basis.
  • Complete Annual EDD: Complete annual EDD regarding Correspondent Banking Relationships through the assessment of Wolfsberg Questionnaires.
  • Share Knowledge and Promote Good Practice: Share knowledge and promote good practice by championing continuous improvement to all areas of the business.
  • Contribute to Team Communication: Contribute to team communication meetings, sharing findings from reviews and monitoring.
  • Support FCR on an Ad Hoc Basis: Support all areas of FCR on an ad hoc basis.
  • Effective Communication and Presentation Skills: Have a good degree of written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills with the ability to explain risks and issues in a clear and concise manner.
  • Data Analytics and MI Dashboards: Experience of designing and implementing effective MI dashboards and completing trend analysis, primarily through Excel, PowerBI, or other leading platforms.
  • Financial Crime Regulations and Legislation: Maintain a good knowledge and understanding of Financial Crime Regulations and associated legislation and guidance.
Requirements and Qualifications
  • Experience in Data Analytics: Experience of data analytics and/or the collating and manipulation of large volumes of data.
  • Good Understanding of Risk Management: A good understanding of risk management, preferably within the context of financial crime.
  • Flexible Working Arrangements: 5 hours per week – whilst our standard hours are Monday to Friday, 8. We encourage flexible working and you will be expected to work from the office 2 days a week and the other days from home.
Training and Development

Relevant training will be provided.



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