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Financial Crime Data Analytics Manager

GoHenry
City of London
1 week ago
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GoHenry is a UK‑based fintech company created by parents to pioneer financial education. More recently, GoHenry moved into Europe and the US by joining forces with French fintech company PixPay and US investing app, Acorns. Together, Acorns, PixPay, and GoHenry have over 6 million members across 5 countries. We are focused on empowering families with engaging money management tools, educational content, and a seamless product experience that creates financial well‑being from birth to adulthood.


Financial Crime Data Analytics Manager | GoHenry


We are looking for an experienced and self‑driven Financial Crime Data Analytics Manager to work in a Financial Crime team that ensures adherence to GoHenry’s data management standards within Financial Crime, focusing on transaction analytics, oversight of internal fraud risk management model, fraud and AML process transformation key stakeholder data insights reporting, including Board and external partners.


You’ll lead data analysis, deliver business requirements, oversee data quality remediation and provide strategic and insightful data advisory services. As part of this role you will have one direct report to whom your leadership skills will play an integral part in driving them forward to meet department strategy. We are looking for someone who is a self‑starter, who is motivated to kick‑start projects, welcomes challenges, seeks feedback from others, asks “How can I help” and then “How can we make this better”, and shows perseverance on long‑term goals, and generally goes above and beyond in their work.


This is a permanent full‑time role (37.5 hours a week). Flexibility will be required to work different hours as and when needed by the successful candidate to ensure the best level of service is provided to our GoHenry members.


The Financial Crime team is split across our London and Farnborough offices, and this role can be based out of either office, on a hybrid basis. Please note that travel to our Farnborough office will be required.


What you will do at GoHenry

  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Contribute to the development of the overall strategy for delivering a new, long‑term, fit‑for‑purpose payment systems infrastructure.
  • Identify any new technologies that could be implemented to improve our Financial Crime framework.
  • Monitor and identify opportunities to iterate and enhance our in‑house fraud risk management model that would help manage risk exposure within appetite.
  • Provide immediate and wider management with insightful data reports with data sourced from informed queries of transactional data.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
  • Ensure all monthly partner Fraud and AML compliance reporting is completed in full and on time.
  • Work with the wider Financial Crime team and Compliance team to ensure business systems and controls are adequately documented and tested.

What you will bring to GoHenry

  • Experience working in teams delivering transformation of systems/processes.
  • A strong background in fraud prevention activities and providing insightful data analytics advice relative thereto.
  • The ability to think strategically and get involved at a practical level to deliver detailed changes.
  • Expert knowledge of card payments and payment systems, as well as experience with transaction risks associated thereto.
  • You will be someone who goes the extra mile to manage their team, peers, and managers.
  • You will be highly proficient in Google Suite products, SQL, XML, and visualisation tools.

What’s in it for you

  • All the essentials you would expect, including a workplace pension plan, 33 days of holiday (including public holidays), & great company events local & abroad!
  • GoFlex – Work from Home, Office, or a mix of both.
  • Your Birthday Day off.
  • 25 days annual leave, in addition to 8 UK bank holidays.
  • An excellent Induction & onboarding program with ongoing learning & development throughout your career.
  • A choice between Bupa Health Cash Plan or Bupa Private Medical.
  • Death in service – 4x your annual salary from month 1.
  • Physical and Mental Wellbeing support and platforms for you and your family.
  • Family‑friendly leave policies.
  • Enhanced maternity leave – 20 weeks full basic pay after 2 years’ service and 26 weeks full basic pay after 3 years’ service.
  • Paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay after probation.
  • Salary Sacrifice options.

About GoHenry

We’re on a mission to help every kid be smart with money. Our goal? Create generations of independent, confident young adults, armed with money skills that will set them up for life.


How we do it

We place the power in the hands of young people, giving them the tools they need to master the financial ropes for themselves. They can spend, save, earn, and give with GoHenry’s prepaid debit card and app – because learning through doing really works (and it’s more fun!). All while our unique built‑in controls give parents total peace of mind.


We’re proud to say

  • We ranked #38 in Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK in 2023.
  • We’re one of Tech Track’s top 50 fastest‑growing UK companies.
  • We won the Finders Kid’s Cards Customer Satisfaction Awards in 2022 and 2023.
  • We won the Tech for Good award at the Better Society Awards 2023.
  • Our kids and parents have donated over £500,000 of their own money to NSPCC via their GoHenry accounts.

GoHenry is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we’re on a mission to foster a diverse & inclusive workplace. Individuals seeking employment at GoHenry are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.


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