Capitex

Specializes in rapid FCC staffing solutions

Financial Crime Analyst

Financial Crime & AMLConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeLondon, UK£30k - £35kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A background in anti-money laundering and fraud within e-commerce, banking, or financial services.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex datasets.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and data formatting.
Comfort creating and presenting management information.
Five GCSEs including English and Maths.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organisation and the ability to meet deadlines.
The ability to build relationships across departments.

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyse transactions to identify potential money laundering, fraud, or other financial crime risks.
Investigate suspicious transactions or customer behaviour.
Review Suspicious Activity Reports and escalate them to the second line as required.
Perform Know Your Customer due diligence on new and existing clients.
Record and report financial crime typologies, including anti-money laundering and fraud, in line with internal and regulatory requirements.
Identify financial crime trends or patterns and propose process improvements to enhance the framework.
Liaise with customers by phone where necessary to support investigations.
Produce reports and management information related to financial crime incidents.
Recommend optimisations to anti-money laundering and fraud systems to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
Monitor chargebacks, identify new patterns, and flag potential repeat fraud attempts.
Log system issues and suggest technical enhancements to improve detection processes.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with Microsoft Access.
Professional certifications such as ICA or CAMS.
A proactive mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.

Financial Crime Analyst

Capitex · London, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2025-06-26

Salary: GBP 30,000–35,000

Workplace: on_site

Description

Job Title: Financial Crime Analyst (AML)
Department: Financial Crime
Reports To: Financial Crime Manager

About the Role

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Financial Crime Analyst (AML) to join our Financial Crime team. This role is part of the first line of defence, responsible for preventing, detecting, investigating, and analysing fraudulent or suspicious activity across all transactions and services.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and analyse transactions to identify potential money laundering, fraud, or other financial crime risks.
Conduct thorough investigations into suspicious transactions or customer behaviour.
Review Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and escalate to second line as required.
Perform Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence on both new and existing clients.
Record and report financial crime typologies (e.g., AML, fraud) in line with internal and regulatory requirements.
Identify trends or patterns in financial crime and propose process improvements to enhance the overall framework.

Day-to-Day Tasks

Investigate potentially fraudulent or suspicious transactions across all products.
Liaise directly with customers via phone where necessary to support investigations.
Produce reports and management information related to financial crime incidents.
Recommend optimisations to AML/fraud systems to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
Monitor chargebacks, identifying new patterns and flagging potential repeat fraud attempts.
Log system issues and suggest technical enhancements to improve detection processes.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Skills:

Background in AML and fraud within e-commerce, banking, or financial services.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data formatting).
Familiarity with Microsoft Access is a plus but not required.
Comfortable creating and presenting management information.

Qualifications:

5 GCSEs including English and Maths.
Professional certifications such as ICA or CAMS are highly desirable.

Key Attributes for Success

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Clear communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
Highly organised with a strong focus on meeting deadlines.
Collaborative team player who can build relationships across departments.
Proactive mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.

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About the Company

Capitex

Specializes in rapid FCC staffing solutions

Capitex Global provides staffing and recruitment services focused exclusively on financial crime compliance (FCC). Its offerings include Rapid Response Teams that deploy interim specialists within days to handle surges and remediation, Executive Search for discreet global permanent hires, and an Early Careers Programme to train and place emerging FCC professionals. Clients are banks, fintechs, and regulated firms, and Capitex supports them by providing pre-vetted talent across AML, KYC, sanctions, transaction monitoring, fraud, and ABAC, with deployments often in 24–48 hours. The goal is to help financial institutions scale their compliance functions quickly and effectively to meet regulatory requirements and manage financial crime risk.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2021

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