Financial Crime Business Analyst
📍 London (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office)
📅 Start: ASAP
💼 Contract Opportunity
A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Financial Crime Business Analyst to support the delivery of key financial crime change initiatives. This role will focus on enhancing third-party processes and technology in line with evolving financial crime risk assessment methodologies and regulatory expectations.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Business Analyst with strong financial crime expertise who enjoys working closely with stakeholders and driving real implementation across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct gap analysis comparing current state processes against target operating models.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders and external third-party providers, including TPAs and managed service partners.
- Partner with both First Line (1LoD) and Second Line (2LoD) teams to deliver effective financial crime solutions.
- Support the delivery of financial crime change initiatives, from requirements gathering through to implementation.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to define and refine business processes.
- Produce clear documentation including target operating models, process maps, and implementation plans.
- Develop communications and training materials to support business change and adoption.
- Ensure regulatory expectations and internal governance standards are maintained throughout project delivery.
Key Requirements
- Proven experience working as a Business Analyst on financial crime change programmes within financial services.
- Strong knowledge of financial crime customer lifecycle management (KYC / AML / onboarding / remediation).
- Demonstrated experience delivering implementation and business change, not just documentation.
- Experience collaborating with both 1LoD and 2LoD stakeholders.
- Exposure to third-party providers, outsourcing arrangements, or managed services environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).
Desirable Experience
- Experience working within asset management or investment management environments.
- Knowledge of financial crime regulatory standards and frameworks.
- Exposure to project delivery or project management responsibilities.
Personal Attributes
- Collaborative and personable, with strong relationship-building skills.
- Proactive and solutions-focused with the ability to drive outcomes.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced regulatory environment with multiple stakeholders and priorities.
If you have experience delivering financial crime change within large financial services organisations and enjoy driving implementation across complex stakeholder environments, we’d love to hear from you - send your CV to bethford@hydrogengroup.com
Thanks,
Beth
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