Financial Crime Risk Specialist

Are you a **Financial Crime Risk Specialist** looking for your next opportunity to use your skills to make a real impact? If so, we may have just the role for you Here at Yorkshire Building Society, we’re here to do what’s right. Not just for our members who use our savings and mortgage products. But for our communities and society. And it all begins with our people.

As a Financial Crime Risk Specialist, you’ll work in partnership with the Financial Risk Manager and wider Group to ensure effective financial crime risk management frameworks and governance processes exist across YBS, advising and assuring them, as well as ensuring other areas of YBS are appropriately managing financial crime risks.

This is a hybrid role with a blend of remote working plus time in our Leeds or Bradford offices.

**About the role**

As Financial Crime Risk Specialist, you’ll work with business areas to educate them to identify and understand financial crime risks, whilst helping them implement control frameworks to manage risk effectively.

You will have the opportunity to support a variety of projects as Yorkshire Building Society continues with its exciting and ambitious plans to transform the way we do things and help us achieve our future ambitions.

**About you**

With a proven track record in a similar role, you will
- Have experience of providing robust financial crime risk management expertise, advice and guidance to operational service delivery functions and specialist functions
- Have the professional ability to work independently, under tight deadlines and make effective decisions, motivating and developing yourself and others
- Business knowledge of the Financial Services industry

**About us**

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

**Flexibility.** We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

**Development.** We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

**Inclusivity.** We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

**About our Benefits**

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

- ** Holiday.** You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
- ** Bonus.** At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
- ** Pension.** We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
- **Healthcare.** Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
- **My Benefits.** When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

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