Financial Crime Systems & Analytics Deputy Manager

Shawbrook; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Greater London seeks a Financial Crime Analyst to conduct data analysis and investigations in financial crime. This full-time role requires strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial crime principles, with opportunities to develop tools like SQL and Power BI. The company offers benefits such as market-leading family policies, wellness programs, and a collaborative team environment to ensure the well-being of employees.

Benefits

Market-leading family-friendly policies

Free access to health apps

Contributory pension scheme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts on gym membership

Qualifications

• Ability to work with large and sometimes unstructured datasets.
• Ability to translate findings into actionable insight.
• Experience with financial crime systems or transaction monitoring platforms.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial crime data analysis and investigations.
• Support configuration testing and optimisation of financial crime systems.
• Develop management information dashboards and reporting packs.
• Collaborate with compliance and IT to align system outputs with business needs.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Knowledge of financial crime principles

Experience with SQL

High proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Planning and organisational skills

Team-oriented approach

Tools

Power BI

Python

SAS

Job description

Key Role Responsibilities

• Conduct financial crime data analysis and investigations across a range of datasets identifying suspicious activity, emerging typologies and systemic risks.
• Support configuration testing and ongoing optimisation of financial crime systems (including fraud prevention, transaction monitoring and screening platforms).
• Develop and maintain management information dashboards and reporting packs ensuring accuracy, timeliness and clear insight for senior stakeholders.
• Apply analytical tools and techniques (SQL, SAS, Python, Power BI, etc.) to drive continuous improvement in financial crime detection and reduce false positives.
• Collaborate with 1st Line Financial Crime teams, 2nd Line Compliance, MLRO, Risk and IT to align system outputs with business needs and regulatory standards.
• Contribute to financial crime policy and framework updates ensuring Shawbrook’s systems and processes remain aligned to FCA regulations, JMLSG guidance and wider best practice.
• Support risk‑scoring typology development and periodic reviews to strengthen Shawbrook’s risk‑based approach to financial crime prevention.
• Provide meaningful input to governance materials, risk committees and project updates by translating technical findings into clear actionable insight.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting and streamline analysis processes, driving efficiency across the team.
• Provide peer support to colleagues and contribute to a positive collaborative team culture.
• Deputise for the Financial Crime Systems & Analytics Manager as required, including overseeing day‑to‑day operations, staff supervision and key decision‑making.
• Provide leadership to the team (workload planning, coaching 1:1s, performance feedback, recognition and wellbeing) fostering an inclusive high‑performance culture.

Qualifications: Essential

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large and sometimes unstructured datasets.
• Knowledge of financial crime principles (AML, Fraud, Sanctions, Terrorist Financing) and related regulatory frameworks (e.g. FCA, JMLS guidance, POCA, Bribery Act).
• Previous exposure to financial crime systems or transaction monitoring platforms.
• Experience with SQL and data handling with the ability to translate findings into actionable insight.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and solid understanding of the wider MS Office suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to articulate complex issues clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently, demonstrate resilience and take ownership of tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong planning, organisational skills and attention to detail.
• A collaborative, team‑oriented approach with a professional and positive can‑do attitude.

Desirable

• Experience with Power BI and Python – highly desirable but trainable.
• Familiarity with SAS or similar statistical tools.
• Experience working in financial services or risk/analytics‑related functions.
• Experience using AI tools (ranging from productivity solutions such as Microsoft Copilot to advanced models such as GPT) is highly desirable. We encourage candidates who are open to developing skills in this area as Shawbrook actively embraces the use of AI to enhance efficiency and insight.
• Awareness of advanced methods such as anomaly detection, machine learning or pattern‑recognition techniques for identifying financial crime risks.

Additional Information

Your Wellbeing – We take your health and well‑being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market‑leading family‑friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment.
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app.
• Free access to Peppy, a digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment, becoming a parent or menopause.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) – offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing and health.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Discounts on gym membership.
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service.

Your Lifestyle

It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year.
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi‑holiday scheme.
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide.
• Access to discounts on a range of high‑street and online brands.
• Community support and charitable giving.

Your Contribution

We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success.
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time

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Experience: years

Vacancy: 1