Financial Crime Operations Analyst in London

Fixed Term Contract Duration - 10 Months

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £141.9 billion in customer investments (as of March 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues. Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

• Level: 3
• Department: Financial Crime, Regulatory Operations
• Location: Southampton, United Kingdom or London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Contract Length: 12 months
• Regulated/Non-Regulated: Non-Regulated

We are looking for an experienced Financial Crime Analyst to support activity across the Financial Crime Operations team. This will be a role focussed on supporting the Financial Crime Monitoring and Client Screening functions within Financial Crime Operations. The role will involve investigating unusual account activity, assessing client screening alerts, conducting risk-based investigations, and helping to ensure the firm maintains effective controls against financial crime while protecting our clients and business.

Key elements of the role may include:

• Monitoring and analysing customer transactions and account activity to detect unusual or suspicious activities.
• Conducting thorough investigations of flagged transactions and accounts, documenting findings and escalating issues as necessary.
• Undertake other activities as directed by the FC Operations management team.
• Provide support to the Head of Financial Crime Operations, or other financial crime areas as required.

About You

You will have:

• Previous experience of conducting Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Monitoring reviews in a financial services firm.
• A good level of understanding and experience of Financial Crime across: AML/CTF; Sanctions; Anti-Bribery and Corruption; and Fraud, from a financial services company.
• Strong attention to detail, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Good planning, analytical and communications (both verbal and written) skills.
• High energy and drive and be delivery focused.
• The ability to work well on your own or within a team.
• A can-do attitude, and willingness to just get stuck in where help is needed.
• Financial crime qualifications are desirable but not essential.

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

• Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
• Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
• Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
• Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

• Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
• Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.
• Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.
• Benefit Allowance: A cash benefit allowance is payable in lieu of some of our core benefits.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.