Financial Crime Investigator

Lloyds Banking Group

Financial Crime Investigator responsible for investigating Suspicious Activity Reports in a banking environment. Collaborating across teams to ensure decision-making aligns with financial crime regulations.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeBirmingham • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £33,203 - £34,950 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assess manual and system-generated alerts using sound judgement
Investigate SARs and determine appropriate course of action where required
Manage investigations from initiation through to resolution, meeting SLAs
Analyse customer activity and assess whether relationships should continue or be exited
Document findings clearly to a ‘regulator-ready’ standard
Apply a strong risk-based approach to decision making
Identify and raise potential financial crime risks
Deliver against quality and productivity targets
Contribute to continuous improvement and team collaboration

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in Financial Crime (AML, KYC, Transaction Monitoring or Investigations)
Strong understanding of Financial Crime regulations and investigative techniques
Ability to assess complex information and make sound, risk-based decisions
Strong attention to detail and written communication skills
Analytical approach with the ability to identify risks and patterns
Ability to prioritise workload and deliver at pace
Desirable: Experience investigating SARs
Exposure to raising cases or risks to external authorities (e.g. NCA)
Experience with transaction monitoring or alert-based systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Flexible benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle
24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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Hard Skills & Tools

Investigative TechniquesRisk-Based Decision MakingAnalytical SkillsDocumenting FindingsAlert-Based Systems

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailWritten CommunicationWorkload PrioritizationTeam Collaboration