Financial Crime Analytics Consultant

As part of a major transformation and integration programme, we are looking for Financial Crime Analytics Consultants to help strengthen and optimise customer and payments screening controls. Sitting within the Financial Crime Screening function, this role offers a varied mix of business-as-usual activity and project-based change, providing the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while supporting critical day-to-day operations. You’ll bring a sharp eye for detail, strong analytical judgement and a solid understanding of governance and control frameworks. Curious by nature and solutions-focused, you’ll be comfortable working in data-heavy, fast-moving environments, interpreting complex screening outputs and taking ownership of your work while collaborating effectively with others. Using your screening analytics and technical expertise, you’ll enhance sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons, Special Interest Persons and Relative and Close Associates screening across multiple platforms. This includes analysing alert behaviour, refining matching logic, improving rule design for complex customer structures and supporting well-governed, auditable change. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Technology, Financial Crime, Operations and Governance to deliver screening enhancements that are both effective and compliant. We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. At Nationwide, we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK-wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job, you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part-time, you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, Bournemouth, Northampton or London office. We will also consider Glasgow and Newcastle Upon Tyne as a location, noting that these are hubs. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location, we would welcome your application, and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here. If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can. What you’ll be doing A typical day is varied and hands-on, blending project work with business-as-usual activity. You’ll spend time reviewing how screening systems perform, identifying patterns in alerts and making targeted adjustments to improve accuracy and reduce false positives, ensuring controls remain effective and proportionate. You’ll work closely with colleagues across technology, operations, and risk to test changes, explore issues, and resolve instances where data or system behaviour doesn’t look right. Throughout the day, you’ll balance strong attention to detail with practical decision-making, knowing your work plays a vital role in protecting customers and the organisation. About you As a minimum, you will have: • Hands‑on experience configuring and/or tuning screening tools such as Actimize or Fircosoft, with a good understanding of Firco modules, including Multi-List Manager and Classic • A proven ability to design, tune, and validate screening rules and scenarios to support effective financial crime controls • A solid understanding of matching algorithms, list‑management processes, thresholds, and suppression‑key strategies • Demonstrable financial crime expertise across customer‑name and/or payments screening, covering sanctions, PEP, RCA, and SIP controls • Experience assessing and improving data quality, with the ability to identify root causes of systemic or recurring issues Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role: • Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind • Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand • Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development • Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these. The extras you’ll get There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including: • 25 days holiday, pro rata • Access to private medical insurance • A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement • Access to an annual performance-related bonus • Training and development to help you progress your career • A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme • Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death • Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness • Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society We forge our own path at Nationwide. As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives. If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us. At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide. What to do next If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.