Financial Crimes Compliance Analyst

The Role

We are seeking a highly capable and analytically strong Financial Crime Compliance Analyst to play a critical role in safeguarding our European businesses against financial crime risks. Sitting within the Anti‑Financial Crime (AFC) function, this role holds significant responsibility for managing core governance processes, leading AFC risk assessment activity, and overseeing the refresh and maintenance of AFC policies and standards.

You will contribute to the development and ongoing enhancement of the organisations AFC Framework by managing regulatory and internal reporting cycles, coordinating annual and periodic AFC risk assessments, and ensuring policies and standards remain aligned with regulatory expectations and global frameworks. Your work will strengthen the organisations ability to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks across all business lines while supporting robust governance and maintaining consistency of AFC controls.

This role is pivotal in driving high‑quality AFC governance, ensuring transparency, supporting regulatory readiness, and embedding a strong and disciplined control environment across the European AFC program.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Crime Framework (Europe)

• Deliver accurate, timely AFC regulatory and internal reporting

• Lead end‑to‑end AFC risk assessments, including data analysis and stakeholder challenge

• Oversee policy and standards updates, ensuring alignment with regulatory and global AFC requirements

• Enhance AFC framework methodology, documentation, and consistency with group standards

• Produce clear governance materials (reports, dashboards, committee papers)

• Support thematic reviews and ongoing improvements to risk assessment methods

Regulatory & Business Partnership

• Provide subject‑matter support on AML/CTF, Sanctions, ABAC, and Anti‑Tax Evasion requirements

• Interpret regulatory changes and help embed new requirements into business processes

• Support regulatory readiness, audit responses, and evidence coordination

• Build strong relationships with 1LoD and 2LoD to promote transparency and effective escalation

Control Environment & Operational Excellence

• Support AFC testing and monitoring activities

• Produce insight‑led reporting to highlight control gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities

• Track and validate remediation actions

• Maintain high‑quality documentation, process maps, and audit‑ready evidence

Programme & Change Delivery

• Provide AFC input into change initiatives to ensure risks are properly considered

• Support project governance, reporting, and risk/milestone tracking

• Participate in cross‑functional groups to deliver AFC‑related outcomes

• Assist with embedding new processes and operating model changes

What it Takes

Essential

• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF, Sanctions, ABAC, Anti‑Tax Evasion, and financial crime frameworks

• Hands‑on experience with risk assessments, including analysis, narrative drafting, and validation

• Experience managing regulatory or internal reporting cycles

• Background in policy governance or standards maintenance

• Excellent written/verbal communication and governance drafting skills

• High attention to detail, organisation, and ability to work in fast‑paced environments

• Ability to interpret regulatory expectations and apply them pragmatically

Desirable

• Experience across European jurisdictions or global AFC structures

• Background in European/multinational financial services

• Familiarity with AFC framework development/governance

• Experience with thematic reviews, BWRA, or issue management

• Exposure to transformation/technology change programmes

• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, Int. Dip AML)

Special Factors 

• Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position

• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) 

This role encompasses activities that fall within the remit of UK Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) regulation. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to UK regulatory requirements in relation to conduct rules, regulatory references and the assessment of fitness and propriety, knowledge, experience and competence. Where appropriate, the role may also be subject to approval by the UK FCA.

Why Vanguard? 

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients. 

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments. 

It's what we stand for: value to investors. 

Inclusion Statement  

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”  

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values. 

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose: to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity 

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Vanguard. Please inform [email protected] if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.