Financial Crime Analytics Senior Consultant – (AML M.I./Reporting Team)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manager within the M.I. & Reporting team in Financial Crime.
You will play a key role in progressing the capability of our reporting function, in line with the department strategy. You will have previous experience in team management and excellent communication and organisational skills. In addition, you will have an understanding of data, processes as well as Financial Crime regulations and controls. You will play a key role in improving existing processes and exploring new solutions, as well as driving the development of controls and documentation to advance the governance around internal and external reporting.
You will also be a key member of the team on hand to support a team of experienced analysts/consultants with reports they build and manage, to provide both regular and ad-hoc reporting inside Economic Crime, to the wider Society and to external regulatory bodies.
We are interested in people who enjoy taking on a challenge and working in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment. You must have a strong analytical background and a track record of building high quality reporting outputs, with a knowledge of the Financial Crime regulatory landscape.
This role is within the Financial Crime Analytics team, sitting within the broader Protect team. Our team is responsible for providing internal and external management information/reports that ensure the correct decisions can be made to protect our members from the potential impacts of Economic Crime. The team have a broad remit, covering outputs for internal teams, industry regulators, boards/committees and ad hoc consulting on projects.
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, at one of our offices. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
You will be expected to work from one of our admin centres, either:- London, Swindon, Northampton, Bournemouth, Dunfermline, Sheffield or Wakefield twice per week.
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.Who we are looking forYou will use your data expertise and experience to hit the ground running and build a deep understanding of the data sources we use and the outputs they feed. You will always be looking for ways in which we can improve accuracy, resilience and efficiency with our data.
Industry regulators are showing an increasing interest in Financial Crime and require accurate and regular reporting. You will play a key role in understanding evolving regulatory reporting requirements and ensuring our data suite is equipped to service these demands.
Supporting team members with data issues that arise with existing outputs and coaching and guiding the team with new outputs they are working on i.e. upskilling the team to be able to automate their reports.
Responsible for inputting into the society change and risk management frameworks to ensure alignment to the Data Governance Framework e.g. for data ownership, standards, quality and criticality requirements.
Advising on data availability/gaps for project, regulatory, ad hoc and cyclical reporting and creating outputs/recommendations which vary from minimising fraud losses to supporting the business with key changes and projects.What you'll be doing
Strong people management skills and experience developing processes and controls.
A proven track record of working with analytical tools, dealing with a large range of data sources.
A data background with strong commercial awareness, enabling you to use your data knowledge to provide valuable insight to senior management and the business.
An understanding of Financial Crime and relevant corporate governance processes. This includes data quality principles/frameworks internally and externally, such as - but not limited to - BCBS239.
Experience of financial services or similarly complex or large organisations working in a Data/Analytics or M.I./Reporting environment supporting a fast-paced business area.
Excellent analytical skills and experience in assimilating and interpreting complex requirements/requests.
Excellent MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Skills, with experience of analytical tools (e.g. SAS, SQL, etc.).
Good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to negotiate, influence and facilitate, and work with a variety of stakeholders.
Good planning, delivery, task and time management skills, and good attention to detail.
Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together.You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.
Say it straight - Thisisabout being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
Push for better - Thisisabout aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
Get it done - Thisisabout prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.
We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.The extras you'll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
Life assurance worth 8x your salary
A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
Access to an annual performance related bonus
Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
25 days holiday pro rata
Why work for us?Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.
As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.
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