Join us as a Financial Crime Operations Analyst
- If you have an analytical mind-set and experience of working with know your customer (KYC) processes, this is a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Financial Crime Operations Analyst
- You’ll be delivering financial crime checks for new and existing customers, collaborating with colleagues to make sure that each request is completed in a timely manner
- This is an opportunity to join a supportive team where we’ll also take a real investment in your career development with us
- We're offering this role at senior analyst level
Day-to-day, you’ll be performing due diligence checks for new customers and conducting periodic reviews, making sure that they meet all regulatory requirements. You’ll be gathering information from publicly available resources, the customer, their relationship manager and internal systems. We’ll rely on you to deliver consistent compliance with bank and regulatory anti-money laundering (AML) and KYC standards.
You’ll also be:
- Maintaining up to date knowledge of AML and KYC requirements
- Examining due diligence documents and information on the customer file based on specific trigger events, making sure that they are adequate and up to date
- Performing reputational checks, including politically exposed persons screenings and adverse and sanction checks
- Planning and prioritising your workload and maintain good relationships
We’re looking for someone with experience of working with KYC and AML processes and procedures. Recognised qualifications in these fields would be beneficial. Crucially, you’ll have good communication skills with the ability to liaise with relationship bankers and compliance teams.
You’ll also need:
- Experience of reviewing KYC operations
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- The ability to work well as part of a team to meet deadlines
- Strong learning skills with the ability to apply attention to detail to deliver error free processing
- Hands-on expertise in Excel macros, Python, and automation
- A commitment to driving change and simplifying processes to enhance efficiency
Hours
45Job Posting Closing Date:
05/08/2026Skills Required
- Experience working with KYC and AML processes and procedures
- Experience of reviewing KYC operations
- Hands-on expertise in Excel macros, Python, and automation
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Good communication skills to liaise with relationship bankers and compliance teams
- Ability to work well as part of a team to meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver error-free processing
- Commitment to driving change and simplifying processes to enhance efficiency
- Recognised qualifications in AML/KYC (beneficial)
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
