Senior Screening Analyst

We're looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Financial Crime Screening Systems team within Banking Risk. It's an exciting time to join the team as we continue to tackle the Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud threats in the ever-evolving landscape in which we operate. This is an exciting role, in a small, dedicated team, which will offer you the opportunity to develop both your subject matter expertise in financial crime as well as your technical data analysis skills. You'll also have the opportunity to get involved with fraud detection strategies, supporting colleagues in the wider Fraud and AML Team. You'll have the opportunity to adapt and influence our Customer and Payment Screening models to ensure that we remain compliant with the current AML obligations. This role will require supporting management with data integration, along with sharing ideas and looking for opportunities to improve. This allows greater exposure to wider teams and to build a stronger understanding of banking risk, which will build a strong foundation for career progression. What you'll be doing

• Collaborating with your team members to support the ongoing performance of the Screening models, ensuring that Tesco Bank remains compliant with the current AML obligations.
• Using your SME knowledge to extract data and produce high quality, accurate, and insightful analysis to support changes of and refinements to our AML Systems, using clear and concise commentary to draw out key messages.
• Maintaining systems and the associated rulesets, as well as analysing transactional and customer data to ensure that controls are optimised.
• Collaborating positively and constructively with a range of stakeholders to promote understanding and commitment. Stakeholders include teams within the Nominated Reporting Office and Fraud and Financial Crime colleagues across our wider first- and second-line teams, as well as Value Stream and Technology colleagues.
• Agreeing prioritisation of workstack items to ensure that tasks are completed within agreed timescales and escalating where agreed timescales can no longer be met. Planning and organising own workload and taking account of any dependencies on others.
• Acting as a team member supporting change initiatives by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a project/team manager.

• Experience of working in a Fraud or Financial Crime role previously, with expertise in managing system rules and making risk-based decisions.
• An understanding of data analysis tools and methodologies with the ability to develop business and technical solutions. You'll also need experience of managing mitigating action plans to address operational risk.
• Proficiency in SAS or SQL, and Excel are essential.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Experience in rule writing for financial crime systems such as Fircosoft/FCRM.
• A background in financial crime with knowledge of common banking products and their usage
• An understanding of financial crime risk typologies and methods of statistical analysis and an understanding of technology governance
• An awareness of regulatory frameworks and specialist Screening systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders

We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us. What's in it for you

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance including GP Service scheme.
• Discretionary annual incentive (AVP level and above)
• Indulge in a holiday allowance of 28 days plus 8 prescribed bank holidays.
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous paid paternity leave.
• Take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like, click apply to find out more! Why Tesco Bank? Whether we're helping our customers or looking after our people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything we do. It means we put your wellbeing first and give you bags of support, training and development, so you can build the career that's right for you. It's about looking after each other with the same care that we give to our customers. We've created an environment where everyone feels included, accepted and welcome. Which means you can bring your whole self to work every day and totally thrive at the same time.