Financial Crime Investigator

Virgin Money; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Glasgow seeks an enthusiastic candidate for a Financial Crime role. You will be responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, ensuring compliance with KYC processes, and delivering quality customer interactions. The ideal candidate should have experience in a financial crime environment along with strong analytical and communication skills. This full-time position offers a hybrid work model and numerous benefits, ensuring a rewarding career path.

Benefits

38.5 days annual leave

Up to five paid well-being days

20 weeks paid gender-neutral family leave

Market-leading pension

Free private medical cover

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience working with Customer Risk Assessments, Client Screening, or AML roles.
• Ability to present findings clearly and concisely.
• Proficient at analyzing information to draw conclusions.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work independently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management qualities.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Conduct enhanced due diligence and KYC on customers.
• Ensure accurate rationale on customer risk assessments.
• Deliver Financial Crime activities within established objectives.
• Perform initial AML investigations and escalate potential matches.
• Investigate transaction monitoring alerts and customer due diligence.
• Collaborate with 2nd line Financial Crime team for guidance.

Skills

Experience in financial crime environment

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Autonomous time management

Communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

Business Unit : Customer Experience

Salary Range : 24000 - 30000 per annum DOE Benefits

Location : UK Hybrid

Contract Type : Full-time Permanent ( Tuesday - Saturday )

Weve got a brilliant opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our team as a Financial Crime this role you will undertake Financial Crime Investigations and subsequent required actions through having specialist knowledge and expertise in anti-money laundering Client Screening terrorist financing and tax evasion.

What youll be doing

• Complete enhanced due diligence and KYC on medium and high-risk customers. To ensure VMUK is adequately risk assessing and documenting rationales for on book customers. Work independently and with autonomy on periodic reviews.
• Ensure consistent and accurate rationale on retail customer risk assessments - poorly rationalised or incorrect decisions could expose the colleague and the bank to criminal charges reputational damage and regulatory censure.
• Effectively deliver 1st Line Financial Crime activities and processes within quality and performance objectives ensuring service delivery which enhances the customer experience and ensures we operate within regulatory requirements.
• Complete initial Sanction PEP and AML investigations including assessment of PEPs against VMUK definition and immediately elevate any potential true matches providing full information and analysis and outlining the potential impact.
• Investigate anti-money laundering transaction monitoring alerts including performing Know Your Customer and Customer Due Diligence and interrogating financial data to assess the likelihood of financial crime.
• Work with the 2nd line Financial Crime team to provide advice and guidance to 1st line colleagues documenting the guidance to strengthen financial crime controls to prevent future reoccurrence where possible.
• Document and elevate new and emerging financial crime trends and system performance in a way that can be communicated to colleagues in 2nd line to ensure ongoing consistent system improvement.
• Effectively identify and elevate suspected money laundering confirmed PEPs or true sanction matches to Financial Crime Managers.
• Reviewing High Risk Jurisdiction referrals including transactional activity and source of wealth / source of funds analysis.
• Respond to legal orders and police liaison for all VMUK enquiries and court documents ensuring compliance to court timeframes. This includes court attendance on behalf of VMUK Plc.

We need you to have

• Experience of working within a financial crime environment within either Customer Risk Assessments Client Screening Payment Filtering Transaction Monitoring or an AML role
• A keen eye for detail and be able to present your findings / thoughts on investigations in a clear and concise manner
• The ability to analyse detailed information and be able to draw sophisticated conclusions and / or recommendations from the facts / data provided
• The ability to work autonomously with excellent time management skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Microsoft Office and Excel knowledge

Its a bonus if you havebut not essential

• Experience of any AML Prevention Detection or Investigation system
• Experience of any Sanction PEPs & Transaction Monitoring system

We really need you to have the skills and experience listed in the section above (There are a few essentials you need to bring) but the rest is just our wish list so please dont let that put you off applying wed love to hear from you!

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
• 20 weeks paid gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work wellness and health assessments and critical illness.

And theres no waiting around youll enjoy these benefits from day one.

If were lucky to receive a lot of interest we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.

Say hello to Virgin Money

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of theNationwide grouptogether were the UKs first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose ; Banking but fairer more rewarding and for the good of society. With us youll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative customer obsessed and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays enjoy fantastic perks and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.

Be yourself at Virgin Money

At Virgin Money we celebrate everyone. We have fun think big and relentlessly include each other all in pursuit of our purpose : Banking but fairer more rewarding and for the good of society. Were committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader were committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application contact our Talent Acquisition team

Please note : If we receive a high volume of eligible applications we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Now the legal bit

Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK well need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If youre successful in securing a role with us there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime it requires enhanced pre-employment checks well ask for six years of regulatory references and once in the role youll be subject to periodic employment checks.