About this role
Financial Crime Associate – 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Rev & Regs is partnering with a well-established retail investment management firm in London to recruit a Financial Crime Associate on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Key Responsibilities
- Support client onboarding assessments and enhanced due diligence reviews for existing clients identified as presenting elevated financial crime risks.
- Conduct financial crime monitoring activities and contribute to the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of compliance monitoring controls.
- Analyse daily trading activity to identify and investigate potential market abuse, including suspected insider dealing.
- Assist with the investigation, escalation, and reporting of suspicious activity to the relevant regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
- Coordinate responses to formal investigative requests, legal orders, and warrants, ensuring all information is handled accurately, confidentially, and within the required deadlines.
- Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to promote a positive compliance culture and support effective financial crime risk management.
- Participate in additional anti-money laundering projects, demonstrating initiative, sound judgement, and a solutions-focused approach.
Experience and Skills Required
- Previous experience within a retail-focused investment management business.
- Practical knowledge of anti-money laundering and financial crime compliance, including anti-bribery and corruption controls, sanctions, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk client reviews.
- Experience using trade surveillance and market abuse monitoring systems, ideally including Liquid Metrix.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with senior colleagues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside strong analytical and investigative abilities.
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract.
About fraud prevention roles for ex-police
Fraud investigation, detection and financial-crime roles in banks, insurers and public bodies. Detective and economic-crime backgrounds map straight across, often with hybrid working and clear progression.
See all fraud prevention jobs in London →Why this fits a police background — match score 72/100
- Financial crime & fraud
- Intelligence & OSINT
- Investigative casework
- Multi-agency & police liaison
- Surveillance & covert work
What fraud prevention roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Fraud analyst | £28,000–£38,000 |
| Fraud investigator | £35,000–£50,000 |
| Senior financial-crime investigator | £50,000–£70,000 |
| Fraud / financial-crime manager | £65,000–£90,000 |