# Financial Crime Analyst

**Company**: Tesco Bank
**Location**: Edinburgh, South Gyle Crescent – TESCO TSA
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Financial Crime Analyst to support key Financial Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls across the business.

The successful candidate will analyse large and complex datasets to enhance transaction monitoring, Know Your Customer (KYC) strategies, and high-risk customer controls.

Responsibilities:

- Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.

- Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.

- Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.

- Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.

Analyst Expectations:

- Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.

- Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise.

- Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.

- Lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.

Essential Skills:

- Experience and proven ability using SAS or a similar coding environment / language, such as R and Python, and knowledge of SQL.

- Stakeholder management skills and considerable communication skills to manage internal and external stakeholders.

- Proficiency with Excel, intermediate ability is necessary.

- Analytical proficiency with experience in previous analytical roles or with a numerate/analytical qualification.

Highly Valued Skills:

- Experience or exposure to financial crime detection and prevention, with an understanding of financial crime risk frameworks and controls.

- Experience working with financial crime platforms such as FCRM or Sam8, particularly in rule creation and strategy development.

- Previous experience in an analytical role, ideally within fraud, financial crime, or banking environments.

- Considerable understanding of financial crime typologies and the ability to apply analytical thinking to evolving threats.

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## Skills

### Required
- SAS
- R
- Python
- SQL
- Excel
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder management

### Nice to have
- Financial crime detection and prevention
- FCRM or Sam8
- Analytical role experience
- Financial crime typologies

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