Senior Financial Crime Analyst – Detection

Kroo

Senior Financial Crime Analyst responsible for detecting fraud and money laundering at Kroo. Collaborating closely with the Financial Crime Prevention Team to implement strong protective measures.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeManchester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**What you’ll do: **
- Monitor customer transactions using financial crime detection systems to identify potential fraud, money laundering, or other suspicious activities.
- Proactively identify financial crime trends by conducting periodic or event based enhanced due diligence reviews.
- Investigate flagged transaction monitoring alerts to determine their nature, risk, and necessary follow-up actions, including the preparation of investigations.
- Contribute to the development and fine-tuning of detection models and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in identifying financial crimes.
- Use a range of intelligence tools to effectively assess the potential financial crime risk presented by customers.
- Compile and maintain investigation records for regulatory compliance and reporting purposes.
- Stay updated on financial crime and compliance regulations to ensure practices are current.
- Work collaboratively with other departments to share insights and support the prevention strategy against financial crime.
- Participate in training and development opportunities to bolster knowledge and skills in financial crime detection and prevention.
- Handle escalations from the Customer Service team, providing practical advice on required actions for both customers and the bank.
- Support the Financial Crime Operations Team Lead in optimising and updating processes, systems, and procedures to maintain effectiveness.
- Use Financial Crime systems to check for and document malicious actors, ensuring detailed records are kept to aid investigations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

**You’ll need to have: **
- 2 years experience (minimum) in a fraud or financial crime role.
- Experience managing escalations and supporting investigations.
- An inquisitive and proactive attitude.
- The ability to manage a varied workload and meet SLAs.
- An analytical mindset and capable of identifying patterns in large datasets.
- A cooperative character and you enjoy working as part of a dynamic team.
- Excellent communication skills.
- ICA or ACAMs qualification (Ideal but not essential).

Benefits

Comp & perks

**What we offer:**
At our cutting-edge fintech company, we know that attracting and retaining the best talent means offering top-notch benefits that help our employees thrive both in and outside of work. Check out what we currently offer:
- Generous holiday time: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 1 Kroo bank holiday (June 24th), and 1 day off during the week of your birthday.
- Personal days: We know that life can be unpredictable, so we offer 3 personal days to use as needed.
- Employer-sponsored volunteer program: We're passionate about giving back to our community, and we support our employees in doing the same with up to 4 hours per month of employer-sponsored volunteer time.
- Mental health support: We care about the mental health of our team members and offer access to Spill, our mental health support partner.
- Workplace pension: We want you to feel secure about your future, so we offer a workplace pension with a 5% employee contribution and a 3% employer top-up.
- Top-notch equipment: We provide top-of-the-line equipment necessary for smooth hybrid work, including a MacBook laptop. Additionally, we also offer support in establishing your home office by contributing towards your setup if required.
- Cycle to Work scheme: We encourage sustainable transportation with our Cycle to Work scheme.
- Electric Car scheme: We're committed to reducing our carbon footprint, and our Electric Car scheme makes it easy for our employees to do the same.
- Enhanced parental leave: We know that family comes first, and we offer an enhanced parental leave policy to support our employees in starting and growing their families.
- Room for growth: As a fast-paced, high-growth start-up, we're dedicated to providing our employees with room to grow and excel.
- You get full healthcare for you and your nuclear family via Vitality.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial crime detectionfraud investigationdue diligence reviewsdetection modelsdata analysistransaction monitoringregulatory compliancerisk assessmentpattern identificationprocess optimization

Soft Skills

inquisitive attitudeproactive attitudeanalytical mindsetcooperative characterexcellent communicationteam collaborationworkload managementproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detail

Certifications

ICA qualificationACAMs qualification