Financial Crime Consultant

Overview

Hours:

Permanent, full time role (35 hours per week) Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with hybrid and flexible working. You'll spend 3 days per week collaborating with colleagues at our Head Office in Skipton.

Salary: £32,300 Per Annum

Closing Date:
Thu, 26 Mar 2026

Salary in the region of £32,300 dependent on experience.

We’re looking for a curious, detail‑driven Financial Crime Consultant to help protect our customers, colleagues, and the Society. If you’re passionate about preventing financial crime and want to play a key role in keeping people safe, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.

Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.

• As a Financial Crime Consultant, you’ll handle a diverse workload, navigate shifting priorities, and make confident decisions that help safeguard our customers.
• Reviewing large volumes of customer records to identify genuine financial crime risks.
• Investigating system-generated alerts relating to suspicious activity.
• Assessing risks, taking appropriate action, and documenting findings clearly and accurately.
• Working at pace, adapting quickly when priorities shift.
• Partnering with internal teams (e.g., Branch Network, Second Line of Defence) and external stakeholders as needed.

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Confident decision-making under pressure.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Ability to stay up to date with evolving regulations and financial-crime trends.
• Understanding of:
  Fraud prevention;
  Anti-money laundering;
  Savings & mortgage products;
  Supporting vulnerable customers.

• Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
• We have a range of other benefits available to you including:
  • Annual discretionary bonus scheme
  • 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
  • Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
  • Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
  • Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
  • A commitment to training and development
  • Private medical insurance for all of our colleagues
  • 3 paid volunteering days per annum
  • Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
  • Health and wellbeing benefits including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership