About My Client
My client believes that everyone should be able to access, understand, and manage their money with confidence. Their ambition is to improve lives by providing clarity, intelligence, and technology that empowers individuals to make smarter financial decisions. While they are an emerging organisation, they have built a strong team and have ambitious growth plans.
My client develops products designed to simplify financial decision-making and provide customers with greater control and flexibility. Their solutions help customers make the most of their finances while reducing stress and complexity associated with managing money.
About the Role
My client is seeking a Fraud & AML Data Analyst to support their Fraud and Financial Crime function through high-quality analysis, reporting, and actionable insight.
This role will play an important part in identifying emerging risks, analysing fraud and AML trends, supporting system rule optimisation, and providing data-driven insight to strengthen fraud and financial crime controls.
The successful candidate will help enable informed decision-making, reduce fraud losses, and enhance overall fraud detection and prevention capability across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* Produce accurate management information (MI), dashboards, and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for internal stakeholders
* Analyse fraud losses, transaction monitoring alerts, referral trends, and emerging fraud or AML risk patterns
* Support tuning, optimisation, and performance monitoring of fraud and AML detection systems
* Conduct deep-dive analysis and provide clear, actionable recommendations to strengthen fraud and financial crime controls
* Prepare data extracts and analysis to support audits, regulatory reviews, and external reporting requirements
* Collaborate with Product, Technology, Credit Risk, and Operations teams to support data-driven control improvements
* Maintain clear documentation of analysis methodologies, assumptions, and rule recommendations
* Identify control weaknesses and contribute to the design of improved detection and prevention measures
* Support investigators and assist with case handling during periods of increased operational demand
Regulatory & Conduct Expectations
My client maintains a strong focus on regulatory compliance and customer protection. In this role, the successful candidate will be expected to:
* Identify and escalate risk events appropriately
* Follow relevant regulatory governance and accountability frameworks
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements
* Complete mandatory compliance training
* Support policy governance and control adherence
* Adhere to regulatory conduct standards, including acting with integrity, diligence, and in the best interests of customers
About the Candidate
Skills & Competencies
* Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into meaningful insights
* Proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis
* Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* High attention to detail and comfort working with large and complex datasets
* Proactive, curious, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment
Experience & Knowledge
* Proven experience using SQL (essential)
* Experience within fraud analytics, AML, financial crime, risk analytics, or financial services environments preferred
* Experience building dashboards and management reporting
* Understanding of fraud detection signals, transaction monitoring alerts, or AML trends desirable
* Experience supporting or testing fraud or AML detection rules advantageous