Description
Job title: Senior Investigator
Location: Birmingham or Edinburgh
Salary: £65,385 - £72,650
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this opportunity:
This is a phenomenal opportunity to join our team! You’ll be responsible for leading and supporting a team of investigators whilst undertaking your own complex investigations. Working in a highly collaborative fashion you’ll seek to exploit opportunities to mitigate economic crime risks through proactive and strategic avenues where possible.
What you'll be doing:
1. Lead a team of experienced investigators, overseeing complex economic crime investigations arising from a wide range of triggers within the first line of defence.
2. Drive the professional development, coaching, and capability uplift of investigators, ensuring consistently high-quality investigative outcomes.
3. Deputise for the Senior Manager as required, providing leadership, oversight, and informed decision‑making across the function.
4. Build, manage, and influence key partner relationships across all lines of defence to ensure effective collaboration and issue resolution.
5. Champion continuous improvement, finding opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and deliver meaningful positive change.
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you can too.
What you'll need:
6. Excellent knowledge of economic crime and in particular the methods used for money laundering
7. Proven investigative experience
8. Analytical skills which allow you to interrogate large or complex data sets and identify suspicious trends and patterns
9. Produce professional reports and expertly communicate output to leaders including the Head of ECP Risk Decisioning & Investigations.
10. Strong partner management and influencing capabilities
It would also be useful if you have:
11. Good understanding of the Economic Crime Prevention Policy & Procedures and how they are applied to our commercial banking business
12. Experience of undertaking intelligence-led investigations
13. Knowledge of corporate banking including the product offerings, customer segments and systems
14. Any relevant Financial Crime or AML Professional qualifications
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
15. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
16. An annual performance-related bonus.
17. Share schemes including free shares.
18. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
19. 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
20. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.