Economic Crime Governance & Reporting Analyst

Business Unit: COO, Financial Crime
Salary Range: £26,400 - £33,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Remote – Occasional travel to local hub
Contract Type: Permanent

Our Team

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual with governance and reporting experience to join the Economic Crime team. You will support the coordination of Economic Crime (EC) Governance and reporting, helping to ensure senior management in Compliance, risk and business functions receive insights on risk and performance.

This will include helping to coordinate the first line of defence EC forums, working with stakeholders including Operations Service Delivery Management, Risk Operations and Fraud and Financial Crime Analytics teams to ensure inputs are provided on a timely basis and actions are tracked to completion. Working closely with colleagues in other business areas, you will provide insights to help to ensure Virgin Money operates compliantly and meets its legal and regulatory obligations.

What you’ll be doing

• Gather and collate data to prepare reporting packs on EC risk management and performance for board and senior management level reporting.
• Understand content sources, data flows and reporting deadlines for all required reporting.
• Liaise with stakeholders such as Fraud and Financial Crime Analytics and Risk Operations to acquire commentary and add insights for management review.
• Develop new MI based on evolving stakeholder requirements.
• Track the position of the bank against agreed Key Risk and Key Performance Indicators.
• Respond to internal information requests from stakeholders including the business and the second line of defence.
• Ensure that any control failures or issues highlighted by MI are escalated in a timely and effective manner.
• Coordinate and draft inputs for standing EC and business risk committees and forums.
• Support the coordination of first line of defence EC forums, taking accurate minutes and recording actions.
• Track actions from EC forums and obtain updates from stakeholders ahead of meetings.

We need you to have

• Experience in a risk and reporting role, delivering a suite of KPIs and management information.
• Knowledge and understanding of Economic Crime risk and industry trends.
• Practical experience of drafting papers and governance documents.
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience in Stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• An eye for detail and curious mind to solve problems.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Critical thinking skills.
• Experience in a risk management environment.
• Experience in data analysis and data navigation.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.