Senior Financial Crime Analyst

Rev & Regs are seeking a Senior Financial Crime Analyst to work for a dynamic and well-established Bank in Maidstone, Kent.This role is in the second line of defence overseeing the first line of defence in business-as-usual activities in relation to all economic crime risks.Responsibilities:The Senior Financial Crime Analyst will provide support as directed with:KYC, client onboarding, beneficiary verification and economic crime prevention.Reviewing and/or providing guidance on higher risk activity referred by first line of defence including payments, new or reviews of various relationship types, and other changes.Delegated authority from the Nominated Officer the review, assessment, reporting and managing, as necessary, of Suspicious Activity Reporting and other law enforcement or regulatory reporting.Conducting other activities including Monitoring, horizon scanning, economic crime systems oversight and country risk assessment alongside other referrals.Advise the business on all areas of day-to-day economic crime complianceAct as a point of escalation for the business for economic crime matters, ensuring the business is provided with prompt advice.Ensure that suspicious activity reports are investigated within the agreed timescales and escalated to the Nominated Officer and reported to the National Crime Agency under delegated authority as appropriate.Support the conduct of economic crime monitoring across all relevant business areas.Support the provision of training, development and delivery of economic crime communications and initiatives.Support key stakeholders to ensure effective systems and controls are in place for the management of economic crime.Investigate and making decisions on referrals made by first line of defence and supporting product governance in line with delegated authorities.Support first line of defence in delivering charity legislation compliance as part of meeting economic crime obligations.Experience:Must have experience working in the field of economic crime e.g. anti-money laundering.PC skills including use of MS Office.Knowledge of JMLSG, AML regulations, other economic crime legislation and sources of information to support investigations.Ability to conduct research in support of provision of advice or decisionsAbility to make decisions within delegated authority & recognise when escalation is appropriate.ICA advanced certificate or diploma in AML or equivalent or commitment to study towards a qualificationSalary: £38,000 Location: Hybrid (1 day per week in Maidstone office)

Created: 2025-07-26