Remote Financial Crime Specialist

Target Group; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday entitlement

Group Personal Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Group Life Assurance

Discretionary Bonus

Cycle to work

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Target Group seeks a Financial Crime Executive to join the Financial Crime Operations Team on a 6-month fixed term contract with potential for permanence. The role is remote, based in the UK, offering £26,000 per annum and a strong focus on onboarding, monitoring and fraud prevention across multiple clients and products.

You will support CDD, KYC and EDD checks, investigate alerts, and help embed a compliant financial crime culture while building relationships with stakeholders and delivering

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services regulatory environment.
• Experience onboarding customers (CDD, KYC, fraud risk management, EDD).
• Experience with transaction monitoring reviews.
• Knowledge of suspicious activity reports and customer due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Monitor transactions, high‑risk payments, sanctions alerts, PEP hits and adverse media.
• Investigate alerts from monitoring systems and maintain clear records.
• Support customer onboarding with CDD, KYC, fraud risk management and EDD checks.
• Assess customer risk and verify identity for onboarding compliance.
• Communicate effectively on the phone to gather source‑of‑funds information.
• Respond to fraud and financial crime concerns in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve controls.
• Produce and analyse management information for clients and teams.

Skills

Team player

Analytical thinker

Problem solving

Clear communicator

Workload management

Attention to detail

Job description

Target Group seeks a Financial Crime Executive to join the Financial Crime Operations Team on a 6-month fixed term contract with potential for permanence. The role is remote, based in the UK, offering £26,000 per annum and a strong focus on onboarding, monitoring and fraud prevention across multiple clients and products.

You will support CDD, KYC and EDD checks, investigate alerts, and help embed a compliant financial crime culture while building relationships with stakeholders and delivering