Financial Crime Analyst

Methodfi; City of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance firm is seeking a Financial Crime Analyst to investigate suspicious activities that may indicate fraud and help protect small businesses. The ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of experience in a related role and possess strong analytical and communication skills. A competitive salary range of £35,000 - £40,000 is available for candidates based in London.

Benefits

Medical insurance from Vitality

25 days’ holiday with options

Paid volunteering day

Cycle-to-work scheme

Electric car scheme

Qualifications

• At least 1 years’ experience within a financial crime related role.
• Good knowledge of fraud and financial crime.
• Confident communicator who feels comfortable delivering constructive feedback.
• Enthusiastic attitude in a changing environment.
• Pragmatic, risk-based approach to investigation.
• Data analytics skills would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Investigate cases flagged as potential fraud/AML risk.
• Screen PEP/sanction/adverse media matches.
• Own customer verification on a case-by-case basis.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes.
• Work closely with teams to maintain fraud prevention standards.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Confidence in communication

Problem-solving attitude

Knowledge of fraud and financial crime

Job description

We’re looking for a Financial Crime Analyst

If you’re curious, analytical and enjoy getting into the detail, this could be the role for you. You’ll dive into suspicious activity, help protect small businesses from fraud and financial crime, and play a key part in keeping our processes sharp and secure. We're looking for candidates based in either London or Leeds.

About us

Fast, flexible finance empowers small businesses to manage their cash flow better and seize opportunities - making their business and the economy stronger as a whole. At iwoca, we do just that. We help businesses get the funds they need, when they need it, often within minutes.

We’ve already made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since we launched in 2012, and positioned ourselves as a leading Fintech in Europe. Our mission is to finance one million businesses. We’ll get there by continuing to make our finance ever more relevant and accessible to more businesses by combining cutting‑edge technology, data science and a 5-star customer service.

Our culture

We’re expanding fast across our offices in London, Leeds and Frankfurt. With all this growth, we’re looking for people who want to learn on the job and manage projects, knowing that your ideas will impact thousands of small businesses.

Your mission will be:

• Investigating cases flagged as a potential fraud/AML risk. Including CIFAS flags, facial biometric anomalies, device based anomalies, signs of document tampering and more.
• Screening PEP/sanction/adverse media matches
• Taking ownership of customer verification on a case by case basis and driving what information is required to reduce the risk of fraud and money laundering.
• Identifying opportunities to improve our processes and implement changes which will make us more efficient
• Work closely with our Account Managers, Credit Analyst and Broker teams to maintain our high fraud prevention standards while ensuring a fast and slick service.

Requirements

We look for people who are smart, humble, motivated and who are always looking to improve.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• At least 1 years’ experience within a financial crime related role
• Good knowledge of fraud and financial crime
• Confident communicator who feels comfortable delivering constructive and candid feedback
• A confident and enthusiastic attitude that works well in a regularly changing and fast paced environment
• Problem solving attitude is a big win, we tend to make decisions based on limited knowledge or guidance every now and then
• A pragmatic, risk based approach to case investigation
• An analytical mindset with a practical approach to problem solving.
• Data analytics skills would be a bonus

Whilst we welcome applications from all qualified candidates, please note that this particular position does not offer visa sponsorship. Candidates must be be eligible to work in the UK independently.

The salary

Our base salary range in Leeds is £30,000 - £35,000 and our base salary range in London is £35,000 - £40,000. We want to pay all of our employees fairly, so that’s why we regularly benchmark salaries based on market rates and to recognise your increasing value to our business.

Our benefits

We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a brilliant place to work:

• Offices in London, Leeds and Frankfurt.
• Events and clubs, like bingo, comedy nights, yoga classes, football…
• Two company retreats a year, we’ve been to France, Italy, Spain and further afield
• Plenty of drinks and snacks in our offices.

We offer a wide range of benefits:

• Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
• 25 days’ holiday, an extra day off for your birthday and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days of annual leave
• Instant access to emotional and mental health support with our partner, Spill
• Share options
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• A nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money
• Paid volunteering day to support your chosen charity
• Extra leave if you want to travel or study
• One-month fully paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme

And to make sure we all keep learning, we offer:

• An L&D budget for everyone, including a book budget
• Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
• Access to learning platforms like Treehouse if you want to learn to code

For more information:

iwoca benefits & policies: coda.io/d/iwoca-benefits-policies