Stay Current with Financial Crime Regulations & Industry Trends

• Task: Keep informed on evolving financial crime regulations, enforcement actions, and emerging criminal tactics.
  • Continuous learning: Engage in AML and financial crime training programs, conferences, or webinars.
  • Regulatory updates: Follow bulletins from bodies like the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), FinCEN, or relevant financial authorities.
  • Peer networking: Engage in AML and compliance professional networks to exchange knowledge.

Assist in Training Staff on Compliance & Financial Crime Awareness

• Task: Support the creation and delivery of programs that educate employees about AML risks and compliance requirements.
  • Custom training: Adapt content for various roles, ensuring relevance for staff from frontline teams to executives.
  • Case studies: Employ real financial crime examples to illustrate critical risks and red flags during training.
  • Periodic updates: Schedule ongoing refresher sessions as regulations change or new threats emerge.

Manage Escalations from Junior Analysts

• Task: Resolve issues or questions raised by junior analysists concerning complex AML cases.
  • Escalation process: Clearly define escalation protocols and ensure an organised workflow for addressing queries.
  • Document resolutions: Compile frequently encountered issues into an easy reference guide, reducing future escalations.
  • Mentorship: Provide guidance and coaching to junior analysts, enabling growth in handling intricate cases independently.

Analyse & Review Junior Analysts' Work

• Task: Regularly review work produced by junior analysts to ensure quality and adherence to regulatory standards.
  • Quality control: Implement checkpoints, spot tests, and formal audits to verify compliance.
  • Feedback loops: Provide constructive feedback to both reinforce strengths and address improvements.
  • Review templates: Maintain checklists/templates to ensure consistency in evaluating junior analyst work.

Proactively Identify AML Trends

• Task: Monitor emerging financial crime patterns while preparing the team to respond.
  • Data analysis: Review transaction cases, alerts, and patterns to detect evolving money-laundering tactics.
  • Industry collaboration: Remain informed by industry news, regulatory updates, and discussions.
  • Team discussions: Hold brainstorming sessions to help colleagues recognise new fraud schemes.

Requirements

The ideal candidate must possess:

• 4+ years of experience in financial crime analysis
• In-depth knowledge of financial regulations, AML compliance standards, and preventative techniques
• Proficiency in financial crime detection tools and methodologies
• Relevant certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA) and a degree in finance, business, or a related field preferred
• Experience identifying, investigating, and stopping Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, along with a detailed understanding of its typologies and customer impact
• Proven capability to develop and deliver training programs, along with the ability to mentor and guide junior analysts
• Experience performing quality audits and inspections
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to engage with customers and financial institutions confidently
• Hybrid working operating model:
  • Regular office visits (either Cardiff or London)
  • Fortnightly office attendance for training and team meetings
  • Eligibility for full-time work-from-home, contingent upon অবস্থাঞ্চল proximity to London/Cardiff offices
• Shift-based working pattern: Hours include 7:00 AM–11:00 PM, Saturdays/Sundays, plus one Wednesday/Thursday.

Benefits

Company Culture & Flexibility

At ANNA, we foster a collaborative, flat organisational culture where accountability and decision-making are shared among the team. Our mission is to create a work environment that values autonomy and focus on results.

Flexible working policies:

• Hybrid/remote options, depending on the role
• Up to 3 months of “work from anywhere” flexibility
• Domestic payment support for essential office equipment
• Customised hours to accommodate caregiving obligations
• Phased returns when life demands it, including periodic reductions in hours

Life enrichment benefits:

• Non-negotiable paid time off for your child’s first day of school
• Growth and development through an annual £1,000 personal learning allowance (including non-work related education)
• Annual £1,000 personal travelling stipend

Wellbeing Support

Our priority is wellness, evidence that people come first. We provide:

• £1,000 annual personal travel allowance
• Bupa private medical insurance
• Access to an Online GP and prescription service
• Perkbox EAP, counselling support, and financial wellbeing services
• Wellbeing resources including menopause advocacy, mental health first aiders, and On Demand wellness content

Family & Career Support

• Enhanced parental leave, adoption leave, and compassionate leave policies
• Emergency dependent leave
• Workplace nursery support via paid salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Opportunities for salary sacrifice in tech/home-expense categories

Growth & Connections

ANNA empowers employees through:

• Monthly team brunches for connection
• Reward points and periodic team-building events
• Office refreshments, considerations like flexible guardianship schedules automatically adjusted

Additional notes: Refused unsolicited applications from recruiters. Employment is based solely on merit. Attitude, not perceived bias, determines outcome here.