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City/Region United Kingdom Job ID 103869 Category Risk Contract type Fixed Term Full Time Applications Close 8 Jul 2025 (11.55pm BST)

Business Unit: COO Fraud
Salary range:£58,400 - £73,000 per annum
Location: UK Remote
Contract type: 12 Month FTC

Our Team

It’s an exciting time for us as we grow our Economic Crime (PROTECT) team who have a critical role to play, keeping us and our customers safe. They are our first line of defence function and responsible for day-to-day fraud and financial crime risk identification, ownership, management and control. We’ve an exciting opportunity for an experienced fraud professional who will be responsible for leading our regulatory engagement to ensure effective horizon scanning and compliance whilst providing subject matter expertise to a varied portfolio of change initiatives.

What you’ll be doing

Leading engagement with key regulatory stakeholders such as FCA/PSR.
Leading Horizon Scanning activities within the first line of defence.
Providing SME input into bank projects which require a fraud risk assessment.
Provide insights through benchmarking of Fraud capabilities to stay ahead of the competition and respond to ever changing marketplace & regulatory landscape.
Partnership with industry experts in creation of leading-edge capabilities to prevent fraud.
Supporting the Head of Fraud Advisory and Insights with the maintenance of an effective change and regulatory engagement governance model.
Represent the bank in key engagements with partners and regulatory bodies as required
Supporting the Fraud Analytics and Fraud Strategy teams to ensure the tools and solutions remain fit for purpose.
Supporting the effective engagement with 3rd party suppliers to ensure tools and solutions remain supported and deliver value for the business.

We need you to have

Demonstrable track record of operating governance and reporting to Board sub-committee level.
Significant experience assessing fraud risk within a Retail bank environment.
Expert understanding and experience of relevant fraud legislation and effective industry lobbying.
Significant experience assessing, implementing and advising on regulatory requirements.
Experience of preparing reports and papers to influence senior stakeholders with excellent attention to detail.
Gravitas to challenge and influence senior management to get the best outcome
Fraud expertise across all distribution channels and typologies

Be yourself at Virgin Money
At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. 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

If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Points to Note: It’s a good idea to let your current people leader know if you are going to apply for an internal role, so they can support your application, we always recommend you share your plans with them.
If you’re interested in this opportunity, we recommend that you get in touch with Alan Hardy (alan.hardy@virginmoney.com)who’ll be able to tell you all about the role which will help you make a great application.

Now the legal bit

Please note that some of our legacy contracts are non-flexible therefore, if you move to a new role or make a change to your existing terms, you’ll move onto our standard flexible contract, 8am - 8pm.

If you successfully secure a new role, the salary and notice period you'll be offered will be in line with our reward and policy guidance. Not sure what this would mean for you, and want to know more? Contact Talent Acquisition, careers@virginmoney.com or feel free to start a conversation with HaRi our new HR Virtual Agent on MS Teams to help with your questions.

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