Financial Crime Investigator

Responsibilities

• Assess manual and system‑generated alerts using sound judgement
• Investigate SARs and determine appropriate course of action where required
• Manage investigations from initiation through to resolution, meeting SLAs
• Analyse customer activity and assess whether relationships should continue or be exited
• Document findings clearly to a ‘regulator‑ready’ standard
• Apply a strong risk‑based approach to decision making
• Identify and raise potential financial crime risks
• Deliver against quality and productivity targets
• Contribute to continuous improvement and team collaboration

• Experience in Financial Crime (AML, KYC, Transaction Monitoring or Investigations)
• Strong understanding of Financial Crime regulations and investigative techniques
• Ability to assess complex information and make sound, risk‑based decisions
• Strong attention to detail and written communication skills
• Analytical approach with the ability to identify risks and patterns
• Ability to prioritise workload and deliver at pace
• Desirable:
  Experience investigating SARs
• Exposure to raising cases or risks to external authorities (e.g. NCA)
• Experience with transaction monitoring or alert‑based systems