Analyst, Proactive Investigations, FIR, UK (6 month contract)

Overview

Proactive Investigator role on the Proactive Investigations team, conducting in-depth financial crime investigations with a focus on risk-based decisioning, working with the Fincrime Intelligence Unit and second line of defence.

What you'll do

• Investigate proactive and intelligence-led cases covering all financial crime types, discovering potential links, analysing complex networks and organised crime groups.
• Identify correlating factors, patterns and trends, using insights to build Tide's understanding of financial crime risks and how to mitigate them.
• Collate information relating to all types of financial crime for reports to Law Enforcement Agencies, including SAR submissions.
• Maintain 95% or above in QA/QC checks in all elements of the role.
• Liaise with law enforcement agencies where required and conduct typology and sector reviews.
• Manage your own case load to meet performance targets.
• Support alert review teams through coaching and buddying in how to identify suspicious behaviour.
• Look for potential efficiencies and help embed them.
• Implement and ensure timely compliance to new or revised standards and procedures.
• Assist Team Leaders and Senior Analysts with other financial crime related tasks and projects.
• Conduct phone calls with Tide members who are under investigation.

What you'll need

• Between 1-3 years of experience in an Investigations role, specialising in business-related anti-money laundering/fraud investigations at a leading FinTech or bank.
• Detecting and investigating financial crime typologies such as money muling, smurfing, fraud scams, human trafficking, terrorist financing, tax evasion and bribery and corruption.
• Experience carrying out intelligence-led enquiries and dealing with ambiguous or unusual lines of enquiry.
• Good understanding of UK regulations (including POCA, TACT) and EU regulations.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in English.
• Experience conducting phone calls with customers.
• Experience conducting investigations, including transaction reviews and third party referrals.
• Ability to work well as part of a team, be decisive, goal-oriented and proactive, multitask and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record in working to set targets and SLAs.
• Ability to work autonomously and handle and analyse large data sets.

Nice to have

• CAMS or ICA certifications.

Details

• Fixed-term contract (6 months) for the UK role.
• Reports to the Proactive Investigations Team Leader.