Financial Crime Analyst - Permanent

National Savings and Investments

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 30th April 2024

 

Details

Reference number

348391

Salary

£35,000 - £37,000
c£37,000 London; c£35,000 Durham, Lytham, Glasgow
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
NS&I Band 5

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

NS&I - Risk

Type of role

Risk Management
Security
Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Durham, North East England, DH1 1SL : Lytham St Anne's, North West England, FY8 4TS : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8JX : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT

Job summary

As Financial Crime analyst your main responsibility is to support the Financial Crime Manager in the design and completion of the financial crime oversight plan.

You will support change initiatives, providing SME input as required. You will also support financial crime training and awareness initiatives across NS&I, and contribute to the reports produced by the team.

It is critical NS&I’s outsourced providers are adhering to the relevant financial crime related legislation, regulations and internal policies and this role plays a significant part in ensuring NS&I customer are safeguarded, our reputation is protected and NS&I operates compliantly.

An important aspect of this role is the advisory support it provides to other NS&I teams and to the outsourced provider both in terms of BAU activity and across the change programme.

Job description

Please see attached role profile for full details.

Person specification

Essential technical knowledge

  • Good financial crime risk management experience in a regulated financial services environment. To include as a minimum experience in fraud, AML and sanctions compliance.
  • Good knowledge of UK’s financial crime regulatory regime 

Essential skills and experience 

  • Experience performing first line oversight and monitoring
  • Good problem solving and analytical abilities

Desirable qualifications, experience and technical knowledge

  • Degree educated or professional qualification (ICA or equivalent)
  • Experience producing and delivering financial crime training material, plus reports for senior stakeholders.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Developing Self and Others
  • Working Together
Alongside your salary of £35,000, National Savings and Investments contributes £9,450 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Some benefits of working at NS&I include: 

    • Learning and development tailored to your role
    • An environment with flexible hybrid working options
    • 9 day fortnight scheme
    • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
    • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    • Generous annual leave – starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days
    • Performance related variable pay bonus
    • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

To apply, please click the link on this advert and follow the steps to complete the application form.

In your application you will be asked to provide the following.  

  1. An outline of your career history and qualifications with your key responsibilities and achievements.
  2. Provide a short 250 statement for each of the selected behaviours. Please use examples from your experience and knowledge to demonstrate how you meet them addressing the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

In the event we receive a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted first on the key behaviour Changing & Improving only. Those who demonstrate the minimal acceptable requirements for this behaviour will then qualify for the full sift.  

If shortlisted you will be invited to attend a 1 hour panel interview via video call.

Interviews will take place on 17th & 20th May 2024.

Note we are unable to accept CVs.

This role is subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard, financial credit checks and Security Check.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Working for NS&I

NS&I is currently working in a hybrid way with colleagues expected to work in the office for 40% of their working month and this will be increasing to 60% of their working month in the summer of 2024.  If you are applying to work in London, the role is currently based in Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, SW1P 3BT and in summer 2024 it is anticipated that NS&I will be moving out of Sanctuary Buildings and into another office within central London.

Any move to NS&I from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

If you are applying for a role at the same NS&I band as you are currently and the advertised salary of the role is higher, if you are successful, any salary increase will be at the discretion of NS&I and will be reviewed as part of the next annual pay review, in accordance with the NS&I employee handbook.     

Further information

Please visit our website http://nsandi-corporate.com/about-nsi for further details about NS&I.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : HR Team
  • Email : jobs@nsandi.com

Recruitment team

  • Email : jobs@nsandi.com

Further information

If you have a complaint concerning this recruitment campaign, please send your complaint to jobs@nsandi.com

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