Senior Screening Analyst

Tesco Bank; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Senior Analyst to join the Financial Crime Screening Systems team in Glasgow. This hybrid role focuses on combating Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud threats through data analysis and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will ensure compliance with AML obligations and enhance financial crime strategies. Ideal candidates should have experience in financial crime, data analysis skills, and proficiency in SAS, SQL, and Excel. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Annual incentive

Generous holiday allowance

Family-oriented initiatives

Ongoing learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a Fraud or Financial Crime role.
• Proficiency in SAS or SQL, and Excel.
• Understanding of data analysis tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members on Screening models compliance.
• Use SME knowledge to deliver accurate analysis.
• Maintain systems and optimise controls.

Skills

SAS

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

Risk-based decision making

Job description

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary

starting from £, + annual bonus & benefits

Location

– Glasgow, Permanent

Office Attendance

Our roles are hybrid, however you should be able to travel to our Glasgow office, 2 days per week for this position.

Closing Date

Applications close on th January at 5pm

A career that works for you

We’re looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Financial Crime Screening Systems team within Banking Risk. It’s an exciting time to join the team as we continue to tackle the Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud threats in the ever-evolving landscape in which we operate. This is an exciting role, in a small, dedicated team, which will offer you the opportunity to develop both your subject matter expertise in financial crime as well as your technical data analysis skills. You’ll also have the opportunity to get involved with fraud detection strategies, supporting colleagues in the wider Fraud and AML Team. You’ll have the opportunity to adapt and influence our Customer and Payment Screening models to ensure that we remain compliant with the current AML obligations. This role will require supporting management with data integration, along with sharing ideas and looking for opportunities to improve. This allows greater exposure to wider teams and to build a stronger understanding of banking risk, which will build a strong foundation for career progression.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborating with your team members to support the ongoing performance of the Screening models, ensuring that Tesco Bank remains compliant with the current AML obligations.
• Using your SME knowledge to extract data and produce high quality, accurate, and insightful analysis to support changes of and refinements to our AML Systems, using clear and concise commentary to draw out key messages.
• Maintaining systems and the associated rulesets, as well as analysing transactional and customer data to ensure that controls are optimised.
• Collaborating positively and constructively with a range of stakeholders to promote understanding and commitment. Stakeholders include teams within the Nominated Reporting Office and Fraud and Financial Crime colleagues across our wider first- and second-line teams, as well as Value Stream and Technology colleagues.
• Agreeing prioritisation of workstack items to ensure that tasks are completed within agreed timescales and escalating where agreed timescales can no longer be met. Planning and organising own workload and taking account of any dependencies on others.
• Acting as a team member supporting change initiatives by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a project/team manager.

We need you to have

• Experience of working in a Fraud or Financial Crime role previously, with expertise in managing system rules and making risk-based decisions.
• An understanding of data analysis tools and methodologies with the ability to develop business and technical solutions. You'll also need experience of managing mitigating action plans to address operational risk.
• Proficiency in SAS or SQL, and Excel are essential.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Experience in rule writing for financial crime systems such as Fircosoft/FCRM.
• A background in financial crime with knowledge of common banking products and their usage.
• An understanding of financial crime risk typologies and methods of statistical analysis and an understanding of technology governance.
• An awareness of regulatory frameworks and specialist Screening systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders.

What’s in it for you

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance including GP Service scheme.
• Discretionary annual incentive (AVP level and above).
• Indulge in a holiday allowance of days plus 8 prescribed bank holidays.
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous paid paternity leave.
• Take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Everyone’s welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves at Tesco Bank, part of Barclays Bank UK Plc. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day. #LI-LC2