Investigator - Suspicious Activity Reporting Unit

Investigator - Suspicious Activity Reporting Unit | S2 | Financial Crime | Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

**WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING**

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

**What you'll be doing.**

**Join our community.**

At Santander we’re driven by our purpose - to help people and businesses prosper. We help our customers at the moments that matter most and champion businesses to help them to grow sustainably. That’s why we’re building a community to be a digital bank with a human touch and deliver an outstanding customer experience living our values of Simple, Personal and Fair.

Financial crime often funds much darker criminal activities. As our Line 2 Financial Crime Team continues to expand to protect our customers and communities from these terrible crimes, we’re now seeking an eagle-eyed expert to join us.

That’s where you come in. You’ll collaborate across our Investigations and Intelligence Team. Your ability to uncover actionable information quickly and effectively will make you a key player. You’ll develop your career at the heart of the action.

**The difference you’ll make.**:

- Collating, investigating and analysing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
- Writing case notes detailing investigation activities, findings and thought process
- Writing accurate and detailed reports to be submitted to the National Crime Agency (NCA)
- Providing clear and concise rationale for investigations where no suspicion has been found
- Handling requests for consent in accordance with the law, company policy and department procedures to mitigate risks

**What you’ll bring.**:

- Proven Financial Crime, Investigations or Compliance background
- Sound decision making and judgement skills, with the ability to assimilate and analyse information in varied circumstances

**It would also be nice for you to have.**:

- Proven ability to identify and manage risks
- Excellent report writing skills
- Recognised industry qualification in Financial Crime, or the appropriate level of proven experience

**What else you need to know.**

Given the recent impact of the Coronavirus outbreak we will be conducting all interviews via telephone or video-conference where possible.

This is a permanent opportunity based in Milton Keynes working in a hybrid model (i.e. a combination of office and working from home)

**How we’ll reward you.**

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
- £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
- Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
- Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
- Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more

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**A bit more about Santander**

At Santander we’re driven by our purpose - to help people and businesses prosper. This means we help customers to create change for themselves and those around them, and we champion businesses to grow sustainably. We do this by always living our values of Simple, Personal and Fair.

At Santander, we each take personal responsibility for managing risk by embracing the I AM Risk framework - to Identify, Assess, Manage and Report risks, and to continuously build a deeper understanding of the risks we face. It is an important part of our culture at Santander and we will provide you with knowledge to help you manage risks in your role.

**What our people say.**

Financial Crime has a devastating impact on our communities through its association to illegal drugs, human trafficking and terrorism. Criminals will always look for new ways to evade our systems and controls so we must look to constantly evolve to address new threats that’s why our mission is to Deter, Detect and Disrupt Financial Crimes, ensuring that we protect our clients, our communities, our shar