Financial Crime Strategy & Change Analyst

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About The Role

Knight Frank is looking to hire a Financial Crime Strategy & Change Analyst to join their Head Office in Baker Street.

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded analyst to take on the role of Financial Crime Strategy & Change Analyst. This position will provide dedicated analytical and project delivery support, enabling the Senior Manager and wider team to execute strategic initiatives effectively.

The role will support in ensuring compliance with UK and international regulations while enabling sustainable business growth. You will act as a subject matter expert, representing us with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking detailed analysis of impending complex regulatory or local change to inform project assessments, thematic reviews, and strategic decisions.

• Producing MI dashboards, metrics, and board level reporting.

• Supporting, as a subject matter expert, financial crime transformation projects and small change, including process redesign and technology implementation.

• Supporting with organisation wide projects that impact the Financial Crime Compliance teams.

• Conducting process reviews to improve efficiency and quality and work with the operational team in documenting and maintaining processes and controls.

• Identifying improvement opportunities, which may involve complex analysis, collaborating across functions, measurement and creation of business cases.

• Documenting and presenting recommendations concisely to senior management for discussion and approval to progress.

• Conducting research and gap analysis on emerging matters across real estate markets and counterparties.

Experience Required:

• Proven experience delivering financial crime change initiatives, including operating model redesign, process optimisation, or regulatory-driven change.

• Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, fraud, KYC, and wider financial crime frameworks, with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical business change.

• Hands-on experience working with change governance frameworks (e.g., business requirements, impact assessment, TOM definition, UAT, implementation planning).

• Ability to collaborate with technology and data teams to support system enhancements, such as transaction monitoring tuning, screening upgrades, or workflow automation.

• Demonstrated capability in stakeholder management, engaging senior SMEs, compliance, operations, and project teams to drive consensus and deliver outcomes.

• Experience supporting or leading risk remediation programmes, regulatory findings closure, or assurance reviews to strengthen financial crime controls.

Competitive salary

Please note: this is a Direct Search led by Knight Frank. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs, even if provided by PSL agencies.