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Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist

Newcastle · Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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1d ago
location
Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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python, sql
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excel
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Job Posting Title

Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist

Salary Band

Salary- £35,691 - £48,288

Grade - MP3

Job Description

About the Role

As a Financial Crime Operational MI & Analytics Specialist, you'll help drive data-led decision making across Financial Crime Operations. Reporting to the Business Performance Manager, you'll develop and deliver high-quality MI, dashboards and analytical insight that support operational performance, client reporting and risk management.

Using SQL, Power BI and Excel, you'll transform complex data into meaningful insight, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve customer outcomes and operational effectiveness. You'll support forecasting, resource planning and performance management, while helping to automate reporting, improve data quality and strengthen reporting governance.

Working across Financial Crime, Risk, Technology and Data teams, you'll play a key role in enhancing analytics capability and delivering scalable, efficient reporting solutions that influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation.

About You

You'll be an experienced MI, Data or Analytics professional with strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets in a regulated environment. You'll have a proven ability to develop automated dashboards, reporting and analytical solutions using tools such as Power BI and Excel, with Python experience being desirable.

You have a strong analytical mindset, can turn complex information into clear and actionable insight, and are comfortable identifying trends, forecasting performance and supporting strategic decisions.

You'll also bring excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present insights confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience within Financial Crime, Fraud, AML, Risk or Financial Services would be advantageous.

About Us
The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.
 

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.
 

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:  
 

Financial 

  • Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%) 
  • Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution) 
  • Annual performance related pay reviews  
  • Colleague mortgage scheme  
  • Electric car salary sacrifice scheme  
  • Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection  
  • Access to our financial advisers  
  • Access to a range of high street and online discounts  

Work/Life Balance  

  • A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions 
  • 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays 
  • The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday  
  • Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based) 
  • Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood 

Health and Wellbeing  

  • Private medical insurance  
  • Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme  
  • Access to an employee assistance programme  
  • Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s 
  • Two paid volunteering days’ each year 
  • Cycle to work scheme 

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at Charlie.mcelhinney@newcastle.co.,uk

Company:

Newcastle Strategic Solutions Limited
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