VP - Transaction Driven Financial Crime SME | SCIB

VP - Transaction Driven Financial Crime SME | SCIB

Country: United Kingdom

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

In this critical role with the Financial Crime team, you’ll act as a subject matter expert (SME) within the First Line of Defence (1LoD). You’ll use your specialist knowledge related to ongoing monitoring or transaction related financial crime controls to act as an escalation point for alerts. You’ll support the design, implementation, and ongoing effectiveness of financial crime controls ensuring they are risk-based and aligned to regulatory expectations.

If you’ve performed a similar role previously this could be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

The difference you’ll make:

Acting as the escalation point for complex cases or control issues in respective domains

Providing frontline oversight of name and transaction screening controls

Advising on financial crime risks in transactions, including trade-based money laundering and sanctions evasion

Analysing MI and alert performance to identify trends and control enhancements

Providing SME input on the design and calibration of monitoring scenarios

Conducting control testing and thematic reviews to assess monitoring effectiveness

Supporting tuning and optimisation exercises, ensuring alignment with typologies

Reviewing system effectiveness through testing, hit rate analysis, and QA of alert handling

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

In-depth working knowledge of AML, CTF and Sanctions regulatory requirements (UK, EU, US)

Practical experience in at least two of: Transaction Monitoring, Trade Finance AML, or Screening Systems

Proven experience of working within wholesale banking environment with knowledge and understanding of investment banking products and associated risks

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

It would also be nice for you to have:

Experience with control testing, alert QA, or system tuning

Analytical, detail-focused, and investigative mindset