Senior Financial Crime Risk Analyst

Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to lending.

That means we take the time to understand our customers and find a property finance solution that works for them. Our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t.

Our large product suite of mortgages and secured loans gives us the flexibility to help in a wide range of specialist lending scenarios, including residential mortgages, short-term finance, buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages and loans, auction finance and development funding.

Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues use their expertise and industry knowledge to help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.

Job Description

As a Senior Financial Crime Risk Analyst, you will be protecting the group against the threat of money laundering and other financial crime by supporting the MLRO to establish and maintain a robust Financial Crime Prevention Framework and ensuring compliance with Anti Money Laundering and other Financial Crime related regulations.

As a Senior Financial Crime Risk Analyst, we are looking for someone to:

1. Support the ongoing assessment of the current financial crime profile of the group, including activities relating to the refresh of the annual financial crime risk assessment and RCSA.
2. Review Financial Crime policies, standards, procedures and guidance to ensure they are in line with current regulation and business developments.
3. Prepare business advice on the management of high risk cases escalated to the 2LOD following identification from either customer due diligence activities or through the High Risk Relationship Policy.
4. Undertake financial crime legislation and regulatory horizon scanning.
5. Support the testing, implementation and performance monitoring of key changes to the Financial Crime System.
6. Support the development, implementation and maintenance of reporting of Financial Crime risks and issues across the internal governance framework.
7. Manage and maintain reporting (and MI) with regards to financial crime incidents and breaches.

Qualifications

Essential:

1. Knowledge of financial crime and financial services regulations, in particular, Money Laundering Regulations and FCA rules in relation to financial crime.
2. Ability to assess risks and evaluate impacts and develop appropriate responses.
3. Experience of Financial Crime Risk Assessments.
4. Experience of writing Financial Crime Policies and Frameworks.
5. Experience of writing Financial Crime Procedures and Standards.
6. Preparation of Training Materials.
7. Horizon Scanning.

Additional Information

Benefits working at Together:

1. 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays.
2. Buy & sell holidays.
3. Discretionary annual bonus.
4. Matched pension contribution.
5. Life assurance.
6. Critical illness cover.
7. Health cash plan.
8. Private medical insurance.
9. Free access to company holiday homes.
10. Travel season ticket loans.
11. Ride to work scheme.
12. Free local gym access.
13. Local bar / restaurant discounts.

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

We care that you have a great experience with us at Together. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.