About this role
Risk Analyst | Payments and Financial Crime
Key info
- Remote, with occasional travel to London
- Up to £40k base + benefits
- Risk Analyst position
Role
An established regulated payments business is looking to appoint a Risk Analyst to support its fraud, disputes, chargebacks and financial crime monitoring activity.
This would suit someone at the early stages of their career who already has some exposure to transaction monitoring, payments risk, fraud investigation, chargebacks, AML or financial crime operations and wants to build broader technical experience.
The role will include
- Investigating fraud and suspicious payment activity
- Managing chargebacks and merchant disputes
- Reviewing transaction monitoring alerts
- Identifying potential financial crime indicators
- Supporting internal SAR referrals
- Monitoring risk trends and producing MI
- Working with merchants, payment partners and internal teams
We are interested in candidates with experience in one or more of the following
Ideal
- Transaction monitoring
Also well regarded
- AML or financial crime operations
- Fraud monitoring or investigation
- Chargebacks or card payment disputes
- Transaction monitoring
- Payments operations or merchant risk
- Card acquiring or payment processing
About risk & resilience roles for ex-police
Risk management, business continuity and emergency-planning roles. Contingency planning, threat assessment and multi-agency coordination experience from policing is directly transferable.
See all risk & resilience jobs in London →Why this fits a police background — match score 70/100
- Financial crime & fraud
- Investigative casework
What risk & resilience roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Resilience / BC analyst | £35,000–£48,000 |
| Business continuity / resilience manager | £50,000–£70,000 |
| Crisis management lead | £65,000–£85,000 |
| Head of resilience | £80,000–£110,000+ |