Financial Crime Operations Analyst – 6-month Contract

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Financial Crime Operations Analyst conducting onboarding, transaction monitoring, and EDD for InvestEngine, a UK ETF investment platform. Investigating suspicious activity and escalating compliance risks.

Responsibilities:

  • Complete transaction monitoring and enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews
  • Investigate unusual activity and escalate suspicions correctly
  • Meet turnaround targets, with most applications and monitoring cases completed within 24 hours
  • Maintain 98% or higher accuracy
  • Keep internal registers and client records accurate and up to date
  • Work with Compliance, Operations and Customer Experience to resolve escalations within SLA
  • Identify inefficiencies and suggest practical process improvements
  • Review and process new client applications for individuals and businesses
  • Perform identity, address, bank account and company checks
  • Conduct PEP and sanctions screening at onboarding and during ongoing monitoring

Requirements:

  • Experience in a detail-focused, high-volume operations role, ideally onboarding, KYC/AML, compliance operations or similar in financial services
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong time management and ability to handle large volumes without missing deadlines
  • Clear, professional written and spoken English
  • Good risk awareness and ability to flag suspicious activity
  • Proactive, collaborative working style and ownership
  • Knowledge of KYC/AML (nice to have)
  • Experience with PEP and sanctions screening (nice to have)

Benefits:

  • No specific benefits or compensation extras are stated in the posting