Financial crime teams help prevent financial crime by analysing financial data and detecting instances of financial wrongdoing. Their responsibilities may include monitoring existing clients’ financial activities to ensure compliance with regulations, investigating prospective new clients as well as identifying and investigating high risk transactions.
Financial crime refers to any unlawful activity that involves taking money or other property that belongs to someone else. Some common examples of financial crimes include credit card fraud, insurance fraud, identify theft, tax evasion, money laundering, and bribery.
Financial crime analysts need to have a good understanding of economics, accounting or business, as well as a fundamental understanding of relevant laws and regulations.
Potential career paths include Senior Financial Crime Analyst, Head of Financial Crime Prevention, or Director of Compliance and Risk.
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