Financial Crime Modelling Manager | S3 | Transaction Monitoring Analytics | Milton Keynes

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Apache Impala, AWS, Big Data Technology, Data Analysis, Data science techniques, Design, Effective communication skills, Numerical Computing, Python Programming, R Programming, SPARK Programming, SQL

Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Financial Crime Modelling Manager to join Santander, this role will report into the team manager of the Transaction Monitoring Analytics.

The successful candidate will be required to deliver models with a small team of financial crime analysts and data scientists to increase the efficiency of the bank’s financial crime control framework.

In this ‘hands-on’ role beyond managing the small team and effectively prioritising incoming stakeholder requirements, you will also design and build rule based and statistical models for the detection of financial crime risks. As a manager, you are also expected to train and mentor junior data analysts, scientists and data science apprentices as well as to lead financial crime projects.

The difference you’ll make:

• Interacting with internal stakeholders in the financial crime control operations, regulatory governance and front office of the Transaction monitoring Centre of Excellence

• Working with other stakeholders in the company on building scalable financial crime production systems (internal alerting systems) and applications (NetReveal, ThetaRay).

• Writing, testing and maintaining production-quality code, and design, experiment, and evaluate algorithms, and models (rule and Ai based)

• Improving methodologies, develop new data sources, testing model enhancements, and fine-tuning model parameters with production and management of the appropriate model documentation.

• Communicating with business customers and leadership team with various levels of technical knowledge, educating them, as well as sharing insights and recommendations.

• Managing and mentoring a small team (3-4) financial crime data analysts, data scientists and data science apprentices.

What you’ll bring:

• Expert knowledge of Python and/or R and SQL in a Big Data environment (essential)

• Significant experience in designing, implementing, and calibrating financial crime or risk or fraud detection models as a team manager.

It would also be nice for you to have:

• High level degree in a scientific/numerical discipline. (MSc, PhD is an advantage)

• Experience with Financial Crime Case management solutions (NetReveal, ThetaRay) and Financial Crime Controls

• Experience with distributed computational frameworks (AWS, Impala, Hive, Hadoop, Spark)

• Mastery of source control versioning and unit-testing

What else you need to know:

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.

By working this way we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

This role is based in either Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Bradford or Manchester and our current expectation is at least 2 days in an office every week.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be :–

1st Stage – Technical Interview – this will a 30min technical interview with one of the team

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. This can be done virtually or face to face depending on your situation.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year

• £6,000 car allowance per year

• Company funded individual private medical insurance

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, 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

• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans