Senior MI & Data Analyst (AML)

Coventry Building Society
London
2 months ago
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Effective Economic Crime Risk Management is underpinned by our capacity to interpret and analyse the information and data held in relation to our customers, products and services. Our 2LOD Economic Crime Compliance team are looking for an experienced Senior MI & Data Analyst (AML) to support and enable our proactive approach to Economic Crime Risk Management.

This role will help deliver the Group's Economic Crime risk assessments as well as help ensure that risks typologies are identified, escalated to Senior Management and managed within appetite.

The successful candidate will work closely with business functions, external suppliers levering the Group's data and business intelligence to generate Economic Crime risk insights and ensure that appropriate controls are implemented to mitigate risks.

Benefits:

28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
Annual discretionary bonus scheme
Personal pension with matched contributions
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Extensive wellbeing support
Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here

This role can operate from either our Head Office campus in Binley, Coventry or our Manchester office but as a Group role, travel to both locations will occasionally may be required. A team-led hybrid working arrangement is in place.

About you

You'll have a good understanding across all Economic Crime risks (AML, fraud, sanctions) to ensure typologies are detected and quantified. You'll also have knowledge of Economic Crime regulation and legislation. Equally important, is your ability to interpret, analyse and present risk and control data

Essential:

Experience of Economic Crime risks and typologies,
The ability to identify risks and trends using data, before making recommendations and overseeing the timely completion of actions to mitigate / limit their impact.
Knowledge of Excel, SQL and Power BI
Communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex ideas simply and tell the story through data
Experience of data analytics supporting the Economic Crime Risk Assessment process.
Preferred but not essential:

Supporting the data aggregation and interpretation supporting the Economic Crime Risk Assessment process.
2nd LOD experience
Expertise in writing freehand SQL (or similar) and data modelling software
History of working effectively alongside 1LOD (support, as well as check and challenge)
About us

We're one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others.

We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.

At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues.

We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us.

All together, better.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.

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