Fraud & Financial Crime Analyst

12 month FTC

Fraud & Financial Crimes Analyst

Hybrid - Lancashire (3x days per week)

Up to £42,000

This is an opportunity to step into a high-impact analytics role within a fast-moving financial services environment that sits at the intersection of retail, data and risk. You will play a key role in shaping how fraud and financial crime risks are identified, understood and mitigated across the full customer lifecycle, with clear visibility and influence across the business.

• Extracting and analysing data, primarily using SQL, to support management information, deep dives and ad hoc insight requests.
• Identifying trends, patterns, anomalies and emerging risks across the customer lifecycle.
• Translating analysis into clear commentary that explains what is happening, why it matters and what actions are recommended.
• Producing high-quality MI, KPIs and KRIs with robust narrative for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Presenting findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working closely with fraud operations, risk, compliance, data and customer journey teams to ensure insight leads to action.
• Maintaining clear documentation to support audits, governance and regulatory review.
• Taking ownership of defined analytical areas and proactively improving controls and reporting quality.

• Strong commercial experience extracting and analysing data using SQL.
• A proven ability to identify meaningful trends and insights from large datasets.
• Experience within fraud, financial crime, risk, analytics or another regulated environment.
• The ability to convert analysis into clear written insight and practical recommendations.
• Confident communication skills, with experience engaging senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with Excel, Power BI or similar visualisation tools is beneficial.
• Knowledge of fraud and financial crime typologies and governance-focused MI is advantageous.