Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist

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Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist

Salary- £35,691 - £48,288

Grade - MP3

As a Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist, you’ll help drive data-led decision making across Financial Crime Operations. Reporting to the Business Performance Manager, you’ll develop and deliver high-quality MI, dashboards and analytical insight that support operational performance, client reporting and risk management.

Using SQL, Power BI and Excel, you’ll transform complex data into meaningful insight, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve customer outcomes and operational effectiveness. You’ll support forecasting, resource planning and performance management, while helping to automate reporting, improve data quality and strengthen reporting governance.

Working across Financial Crime, Risk, Technology and Data teams, you’ll play a key role in enhancing analytics capability and delivering scalable, efficient reporting solutions that influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation.

You’ll be an experienced MI, Data or Analytics professional with strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets in a regulated environment. You’ll have a proven ability to develop automated dashboards, reporting and analytical solutions using tools such as Power BI and Excel, with Python experience being desirable.

You have a strong analytical mindset, can turn complex information into clear and actionable insight, and are comfortable identifying trends, forecasting performance and supporting strategic decisions.

You’ll also bring excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present insights confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience with in Financial Crime, Fraud, AML, Risk or Financial Services would be advantageous.

The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

• Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
• Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
• Annual performance related pay reviews
• Colleague mortgage scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary) and incomeprotection
• Access to our financial advisers
• Access to a range of high street and onlinediscounts

• A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions
• 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
• The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
• Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
• Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

• Private medical insurance
• Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
• Access to an employee assistanceprogramme
• Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
• Two paid volunteering days’ each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Newcastle Strategic Solutions Limited