Financial Crime Analyst (TEMPORARY)

Following the acquisition of Monese in December 2024, the business is on a trajectory of growth as our two organisations harmonise and integrate in both the UK and across Europe.

We are looking to build a small team to support in this integration journey. You would be based in Newcastle, sitting alongside the Pockit Team but supporting the Monese arm of the business in remediation tasks.

This is an entry level position, ideally suited to someone looking to develop their career in banking/financial services, gaining knowledge in anti-money laundering initiatives, focused on reducing financial crime.

The team comprises of naturally curious people with an eye for detail and the ability to identify patterns and trends in consumer behaviour. Providing expertise to control fraud losses across the business whilst preventing and detecting financial crime, you would be expected to respond to, and investigate suspected fraudulent incidents affecting our customers, as well as proactively identifying financial crime trends to help drive Pockit’s financial crime prevention strategy.

Typically, you will gain exposure to the completion of investigations into instances of suspicious activity related to fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing. In return, we offer a close-knit family feel environment, where we work together collaboratively in the interests of the business and our aims and goals. It would be an ideal place for someone with a keen interest in Fin Crime and Fraud to further develop their understanding.

What’s in it for you?

• Hourly Rate - typically NMW
• Hybrid working arrangements - minimum of 2 days office based (Tuesday and Thursday)
• Hours - 37.5 per week, 9-5pm
• City Centre (NE1) location
• Modern pleasant open plan offices
• Refreshments including fresh fruit available
• Modern technology - MacBook, and working within Google Suite
• An immediate start
• A team environment, with support and guidance
• Duration - anticipated to last 3 months

• A recent graduate, or similar, looking to develop their career within the Fin Crime sector
• Some level of work experience in a consumer facing role, ideally in a sector akin with financial services, banking or similar.
• Used to working to deadlines or targets
• Offer strong analytical skills to investigate and interrogate a problem or a query.
• Comfortable in following a process whilst applying knowledge and logic to each situation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Willing to complete mandatory background checks including a Basic DBS and Credit Check.

We’re a lively, diverse and international team, based across offices in London, Newcastle and remote teams in central Europe. You’ll be joining a team that fosters curiosity, ambition, accountability, and resilience and we know you’ll be made to feel at home straight away.

Founded in 2014, Pockit offers digital accounts via a mobile app, with the ambition to “build a better banking alternative for customers left behind by high-street banks”. Our app enables users to store and spend money through a prepaid card, manage their finances and send money in the UK and abroad.