Financial Crime Analyst

Financial Crime Analyst - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

This is a great job for someone who has a proven track record and experience in relation to the application and completion of financial crime controls in investment and asset management (or other financial sectors such as Finance, Banking, or Insurance).

A bit about the job:

As a Financial Crime Analyst within our Operational 1st Line Financial Crime team, you will play a vital role in protecting the business from financial crime risks across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll support Customer Due Diligence activity, financial crime screening, and oversight of third‑party suppliers, helping ensure our operational processes remain compliant with Anti‑Money Laundering regulations and Aviva Financial Crime Standards. In this role, you’ll carry out sanctions, PEP, SOC and special interest screening, conduct Know Your Customer assessments for corporate entities, and investigate transaction monitoring alerts. You will also review financial crime queries from third‑party suppliers related to both corporate and retail clients. You’ll take ownership of ensuring workloads remain within service tolerance, manage key financial crime controls and assessments, and provide assurance that operations align with our risk‑based approach. As a trusted subject matter expert, you’ll contribute to change programmes and offer support, challenge, and education to front‑line teams—maintaining best‑practice training materials and delivering financial crime awareness sessions where needed. In this varied and meaningful role, you’ll be part of a team that provides strong governance, valuable expertise, and a proactive approach to safeguarding the organisation.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Good knowledge of Anti Money Laundering, Fraud and broader Financial Crime regulations

• Understand the management of risk with the ability to make risk-based decisions.

• Track record in and good knowledge of Financial Crime processes including Customer Due Diligence, Transaction Monitoring, Politically Exposed Person, Sanction, State Owned Company and Special Interest Screening.

• Practical financial crime experience or transferable skills such as a Legal or Risk background.

• International Compliance Association Financial Crime qualification desirable, or equivalent professional qualification.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

• Eligibility for annual performance bonus

• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

• 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online.  If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to [email protected]

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