Job Title: Business Analyst - Financial Crime / AML / Compliance Start Date: 30 July 2025 End Date: 31 December 2025 Location: London - Hybrid working mode Contract Type: Contract Rate: £460 via Umbrella Overview We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in Financial Crime, Compliance, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) to support a high-impact programme focused on client risk exits and customer offboarding. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of financial crime risk typologies and regulatory expectations, along with excellent analytical and documentation skills. Key Responsibilities Lead business analysis activities for Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and client onboarding/offboarding initiatives. Support the design and implementation of an intelligence-led client exit process across Corporate, Investment, and Private Banking units. Gather, document, and validate business and functional requirements for exiting high-risk clients based on internal intelligence or external regulatory/legal obligations. Analyse client profiles, transaction behaviours, and financial crime intelligence to support decision-making and escalation processes. Collaborate with Financial Crime Investigations, Client Risk Assessment, and Legal teams to ensure compliance with due process in offboarding. Produce Management Information (MI) and reporting on case volumes, trends, SLAs, and investigation outcomes. Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for system enhancements; contribute to solution design. Act as a liaison between business, compliance, and technology teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and operational requirements. Assist in updating policies and procedures and contribute to the development of training materials as needed. Key Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Business Analyst within Financial Crime, Compliance, or AML domains. Prior involvement in intelligence investigations, client risk exits, or customer offboarding programmes in a banking environment. Strong understanding of financial crime risk typologies, including AML, sanctions, and fraud. Familiarity with regulatory expectations from bodies such as the FCA, PRA, OFSI, and global regulators like FinCEN. Proficient in data analysis and documentation tools such as Excel, JIRA, Confluence, and Visio. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.