Financial Crime Data Analytics

About us

ClearBank was created with the conviction that banking infrastructure should no longer be an impediment to progress, but rather a catalyst that unlocks the potential for innovation. This is why our clients - ranging from fintech and crypto platforms to banks and credit unions - utilise our API to power their banking infrastructure.

However, without our people, we wouldn't be ClearBank. They are the driving force behind our innovative technology and are the reason why we love what we do every day. We are a team of dynamic individuals who are unafraid to challenge the status quo, becoming more robust, energised, and effective when we work collectively. Our belief in fairness, autonomy, and choice ensures that our staff are equipped with the tools to learn, grow, and contribute to our success as well as that of our clients. Interested in joining us? Continue reading or visit our website for more information.

About you

You'll be joining our team as an Analyst in Financial Crime Analytics. Reporting to the FinCrime Models Management Lead, you’ll join a rapidly expanding business that is disrupting the market and doing things differently.

Financial Crime Models Management is a small, expanding team responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and robustness of our automated Transaction Monitoring and Payment Screening tools. The team performs day-to-day support duties for the business while also taking part in strategic projects.

Data is critical at ClearBank. It is needed for everything from counteracting terrorist financing to better grasping our customers' activities. We are in search of a data analytics expert to sift through large datasets for potential signs of financial crime, assist in MI dashboard development, and other related tasks. You will be working closely with the FinCrime Data Analytics Lead, assisting with data science tasks and activities to improve and tune Machine Learning models.

Soft skills, such as communication and teamwork, are just as important as technical ones. You will collaborate with colleagues in the 1st and 2nd Lines of Defence as well as external vendors to ensure our anti-Financial Crime systems are effective and calibrated. This role will provide ample opportunity for professional growth, enhancing your FinCrime knowledge while developing more elaborate FinCrime analytics and capabilities to identify potentially suspicious activity.

This role is for someone who appreciates the value of data and how it can contribute to the continued growth of our ambitious organisation. You will acknowledge the implications of data quality issues in AML and Sanctions Screening and will be vigilant for opportunities to improve them.

Our data is stored on an Azure cloud-based infrastructure and experience with SQL and Python/R is essential, with familiarity with Data Bricks as a bonus.

You'll be joining the #14 fastest-growing tech company in the UK, as declared by Deloitte Fast 50.

You will be

• Passionate about data, an inquisitive problem solver, with a systematic and logical mindset.
• Experienced in data engineering, including transforming, enriching, and manipulating data
• Your meticulous attention to detail, curiosity, and ability to scrutinise will be crucial in delivering dependable analytics and Management Information insights.
• Able to explain your approach and findings to non-specialist stakeholders
• Familiar with the concepts of Machine Learning, model training, and tuning
• Understand good data management practices and how they apply to our AML & Screening systems

• Prior experience of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) or Sanctions Screening processes would be beneficial, though not required.

Requirements

• Strong skills in Excel, including pivot tables
• Experience with data engineering, data science, and analytics tools such as SQL, R, Python, Azure DataBricks, Azure DevOps, Spark, MLFlow, TerraForm
• Experience working in an Agile environment, communicating across multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge and experience with visualisation tools including PowerBI & Tableau, including dashboard creation
• Understanding of banking products and payment data

Benefits

About what we offer

• At ClearBank, we promote a flexible work philosophy, empowering our employees to manage their time to achieve both their professional and personal commitments, in partnership with their line manager
• New, spacious, and well-equipped offices in London and Bristol
• 27 days of annual leave every year, plus flexible bank holidays
• The option to work outside of the UK for up to 30 days per year
• Regular company-wide social events
• Two days of volunteering every year with a charity of your choice
• Private healthcare through Healix and discounted Bupa dental cover, with employee health perks and discounts through YuLife
• Enhanced family-friendly leave
• Moreover, you'll have the chance to join an innovative team building a bank fit for the future! 🚀
  

ClearBank is dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities at every stage of the recruitment process. We recognise that diversity is crucial for long-term success in the communities and markets where we operate. ClearBank strongly believes that an inclusive culture fosters greater employee engagement and collaboration.

At ClearBank, we strive to promote diversity and inclusion in all forms. This includes (but is not limited to): gender, age, educational and professional backgrounds, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

As part of our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable adjustments to candidates during the recruitment process, including to individuals with disabilities. We aim to foster a welcoming environment for all, so please let us know how we can accommodate you. Should you have any accessibility requirements, you can share these with our Talent Acquisition team before your interview stage, if applicable.

The legal bit

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