Vanquis is the largest dedicated specialist ‘low and grow’ credit card issuer in the UK. We serve customers who are sometimes excluded by the bigger high street banks, which makes us unique. We try to improve the finances of our customers and in improving this we put them on a journey to potentially better lives. Since 2002 we’ve grown from a business run by only two people, to a thriving bank with over 1,600 colleagues in three locations across the UK – Chatham, Bradford and London.

We’ve achieved some amazing results and are proud of how we’ve helped over 4 million customers since 2002.

Your Team and Role

Our Financial Crime Team work hard to protect us against Money Laundering, terrorist financing and the risk of bribery and corruption. As such we’re now looking for someone to manage and develop this highly specialised team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and developing a productive and highly motivated team of Financial Crime Officers
• Having oversight of the PEP and Sanctions screening function, ensuring SLAs are met and that matches are reported appropriately
• As an SME you’ll deputise for the Money Laundering Nominated Officer as and when required
• Managing the transactional monitoring rules, making recommendations and enhancements where necessary
• Manage all communications and enquiries with law enforcement agencies adhering to guidelines, response times and internal service level agreements

Will you thrive?

We’re looking for a skilled and experienced professional from a Financial Crime background who is interested in working in a dynamic and fast paced team. You’ll be someone interested in driving a culture of continual improvement. To be successful in this role you will specifically possess

• You’ll have a sound understanding of Financial Crime legislation
• You’ll have understanding of CIFAS rules, different fraud types, Visa rules and regulations and chargeback processes, the disputes process (including Section 75), The Consumer Credit Act, The Fraud Act, PACE, POCA, Money Laundering Regulations, NCA and The Theft Act

What’s in it for you?

• Because our people do such a great job, we’ve put together an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package for everyone including; generous holiday entitlement; participation in a discretionary bonus scheme, pension scheme; Share purchase plans, private medical cover plus many more
• Opportunity. You’ll be part of a dedicated management team offering both career development and advancement
• There are numerous social and sporting occasions at Vanquis and we also offer volunteering and fundraising opportunities through our Active Community programme. You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Vanquis from our Instagram page.