Senior Financial Crime Risk Analyst

We have a great opportunity for a Senior Risk Analyst to join us in our Economic (Financial) Crime Oversight team on a 12 month basis.

This is a great role for someone with substantial economic crime risk management expertise, who can confidently act as a subject matter expert, engaging positively with key stakeholders and keeping pace with a changing internal and external landscape.

The role includes being an expert for the Economic Crime Oversight team on the business wide Economic Crime Risk Assessment as well as taking primary responsibility for performing and maintaining the risk assessment and supporting with identifying action plans where required. It will also lead our economic crime risk and controls communications with stakeholders across the Society assisting them in identifying, assessing and managing economic crime risk.

The Senior Risk Analyst is also responsible for ensuring that the Society’s economic crime risk management Policies and Standards remain effective and compliant and assisting with governance reporting in relation to economic crime matters.

For this role you’ll bring strong knowledge from the Economic Crime space, with a practical experience of working in risk or advisory role. You’ll be passionate about maintaining knowledge and understanding of the internal and external environments to continue to meet the demands of the continually evolving landscape

To be successful in this role its essential you have:

• Strong, recent risk assessment experience from an Economic Crime environment within financial services
• Evidence of working with stakeholders at all level, with the ability to persuade and influence
• Good demonstrable analytical skills with the ability to produce quality reporting
• Experience of analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data
• Good communication and strong decision making skills

Desirable experience needed will be:

• Experience in controls testing in an Economic Crime role
• An understanding of SQL/SAS code (or similar)
• Professional qualification(s) in risk management, compliance or audit

As a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. Now one of the largest Building Societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability and sexual orientation, but also of personality and the way we think. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger.

You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ‘Great Place to Work’ by our teams.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.