Financial Crime Consultant

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

30 days (max) holiday with banks

Employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Health & wellbeing app

Volunteering opportunities

Cycle-to-work

Home and Tech voucher

Discounts on Skipton products

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a meticulous Financial Crime Consultant to join the Financial Crime Operations team. The role focuses on transaction monitoring, reviewing alerts and investigating unusual activity to determine genuine risk.

You will help protect members and colleagues, with opportunities to expand financial crime knowledge in a supportive, values-driven environment. The position offers hybrid working, 35 hours per week on a fixed term contract to June 2027, with a

Qualifications

• Previous exposure to transaction monitoring and reviewing alerts.
• Understanding of financial crime risks including AML.
• Ability to make balanced decisions under pressure.
• Strong record-keeping and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing transaction monitoring alerts and account activity to identify potential financial crime.
• Searching through high volumes of records and separating genuine concerns from false positives.
• Investigating suspicious activity, gathering information from different sources and recording clear, accurate findings.
• Assessing the level of risk and taking the appropriate action when concerns are identified.
• Providing clear financial crime guidance to colleagues across the business.

Skills

Transaction monitoring

Alert review

Investigation

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Regulatory updates

Job description

Hours: 35 hours per week Monday to Friday, on secondment until June 2027. Salary: £29,100 Per Annum. Closing Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026.

We’re looking for a curious and meticulous Financial Crime Consultant to join our Financial Crime Operations team. Transaction monitoring will be the main focus of the role. You’ll review alerts, investigate unusual account activity and decide whether the risk is genuine or a false positive. This is a critical role where your judgement and attention to detail will help protect our members, colleagues and the Society. You’ll join a supportive team, with opportunities to grow your financial crime knowledge and stretch your skills. At Skipton, we’re founded on fairness. We exist to do right by our members - and we believe that starts with doing right by our people. So whoever you are and whatever you bring, there's a place for you here and a genuine plan for where you go next.

What You’ll Do

• Reviewing transaction monitoring alerts and account activity to identify potential financial crime.
• Searching through high volumes of records and separating genuine concerns from false positives.
• Investigating suspicious activity, gathering information from different sources and recording clear, accurate findings.
• Assessing the level of risk and taking the appropriate action when concerns are identified.
• Providing clear financial crime guidance to colleagues across the business.

What You’ll Need

• Previous exposure to transaction monitoring, including reviewing alerts or investigating unusual customer activity.
• An understanding of financial crime risks, including fraud prevention and anti-money laundering.
• Confidence making balanced decisions based on the information available.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce clear, concise and accurate records.
• The ability to gather, assess and explain information clearly to different stakeholders.
• A calm and organised approach when working under pressure or managing changing priorities.
• An interest in keeping up to date with changes in financial crime regulation, risks and trends.

What’s In It For You

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships
• Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at Currys, and IKEA

About Skipton.

Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you’ll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You'll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine.

What it's like to work here Life at Skipton

We talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone. At Skipton we value work life balance and are proud to support hybrid and flexible working. This opportunity is for 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a fixed term contract until June 2027, and you’ll spend a minimum of 3 days a week collaborating with colleagues at our Head Office in Skipton. We also value what everyone brings to Skipton. And we create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks play a big role in this. They connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. It’s not just our members who are important to us. You are, too. Lots of organisations talk about wellbeing, but they don’t always back it up. As a mutual, we put people first. And that includes the people who work here. So, when we say we care about your wellbeing, we mean it. Wellbeing isn't just one thing. It’s about feeling good, having energy, and being able to be yourself and perform at your best. That’s why we offer help for your mental and physical health across five key areas. What’s more, it’s help that you can actually use too - not just read about.

Not just another building society. Not just another job.

We’re the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we’re a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future. Why? It’s just the way we are. We care about sustainability and look to the long-term for both colleagues and customers. And we know that when we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.