Business Unit:  Risk – Economic Crime
Salary range: £56,000 - £70,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location:  UK Flexible
Contract type: Permanent

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Our Team

It’s an exciting time for Economic Crime Risk, a second line of defence function, as we build out our Economic Crime Intelligence & Investigations team. We are responsible for engaging with internal and external partners, such as public private partnerships (JMLIT), law enforcement and industry bodies to identify threats, mitigate the risk and disrupt economic crime.

What you’ll be doing

• Through technical expertise you will enable, direct and develop our intelligence capability, to identify, evaluate and respond to threats faster and more effectively.
• Establish a framework to translate intelligence, into tactical and strategic plans, effectively communicating, engaging, and influencing key stakeholders across the Bank on developments in systems, processes and controls. Support the Nominated Officer, in ensuring that the banks meets its obligations under the Proceed of Crime Act and Terrorism Act, including acting as an appointed alternate.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in Economic Crime Risk and 1^st line, on a wide variety of internal projects, using your knowledge and experience to support, challenge and resolve potential economic crime risks.
• Support the strengthening of relationships with external stakeholders, across the public and private sectors, such as leading on key elements of the JMLIT Public Private Partnership.  
• Support on how VMUK identifies, assesses’ and takes action on intelligence identified through industry engagements, public/private partnership and industry bodies, ensuring that key stakeholders are provided threat intelligence, in order to enhance systems and controls across the bank.
• Driving engagement with law enforcement, public/private law enforcement initiatives and other external for a to lead on intelligence sharing.
• Develop the MI capabilities of the team to ensure that meaningful MI can be produced to demonstrate the effectiveness of the team.
• Participate in ‘out of hours’ response to major incidents, such as a terrorist incident.

We need you to have

• Demonstrable extensive experience with data mining tools, e.g SAS,SQL, etc.
• An expert understanding of data manipulation.
• Brilliant analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to use initiative to solve problems independently.
• Substantial experience in a similar role for financial crime or law enforcement.
• Proven awareness of Economic Crime risks and threats landscape.
• Excellent understanding of the bank’s regulatory obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act and Terrorism Act.  
• A track record of effective internal and external stakeholder management.
• The confidence to make decisions and present findings to stakeholders, both internal and external, and at all levels. 

 It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Recognised professional qualification in financial services or risk (ICA or equivalent).
• Knowledge of economic crime intelligence sources, gathering and dissemination techniques.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

 As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.