Financial Crime Analyst

We have an exciting opportunity to join Admiral Financial Services as a Financial Crime Analyst!

The role involves supporting the Financial Crime Lead on our prevention strategy by staying up to date with the latest technology, tracking emerging trends, and championing and proposing the necessary actions to minimise and mitigate risks.

The successful candidate will be able to quickly fit into a fast-moving, innovative and high-profile environment, and will be required to hit the ground running; we are looking for someone with experience in a financial crime role.

Main Duties

• Helping to optimise existing rulesets and third-party systems and tools.
• Exploring new suppliers, completing proof of concepts and assessing the viability of new integrations.
• Monitoring the fraud emergence on the portfolio, and providing insight into customer behaviours to improve the detection of fraud and to propose improvements to our customer journeys, tools and processes
• Completing analysis to identify new and emerging risks and threats.
• Producing digestible dashboards and MI packs to monitor effectiveness and performance.
• Assessing the effectiveness of existing processes and working with our Operations team to improve where needed. 
• Support the delivery of the Financial Crime Risk Strategy.
• Participate in committees/forums/meetings and act as an SME for the business.  
• Assist in the production and delivery of Financial Crime training to relevant departments.
• Attend industry forums to share insight and knowledge with peers.
• Taking escalations from the Operations team and providing advice where needed.
• Completing risk assessments for both new and existing products.

Key Skills

• Significant experience within a Financial Crime function.
• A strong understanding of Financial Crime legislation and regulatory compliance within financial services
• Comfortable working with numbers Proficient with Excel, Word and PowerPoint to produce clear documents and analysis, presenting complex information in an effective manner
• Be a communicator, able to discuss tools and processes in detail whilst also being able to present data & trends effectively.
• Relevant certifications (e.g. ACAMS, ICA).
• Experience of SQL and Power BI

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working with fraud systems and controls, notably SIRA, CIFAS, iovation and IDV suppliers.
• Experience of working with unsecured personal loans, motor finance and mortgages.
• Experience with third party integrations would be highly desirable.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here