Financial Crimes Compliance Analyst

The Role

We are seeking a highly capable and analytically strong Financial Crime Compliance Analyst to play a critical role in safeguarding our European businesses against financial crime risks. Sitting within the Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) function, this role holds significant responsibility for managing core governance processes, leading AFC risk assessment activity, and overseeing the refresh and maintenance of AFC policies and standards.

You will contribute to the development and ongoing enhancement of the organisations AFC Framework by managing regulatory and internal reporting cycles, coordinating annual and periodic AFC risk assessments, and ensuring policies and standards remain aligned with regulatory expectations and global frameworks. Your work will strengthen the organisations ability to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks across all business lines while supporting robust governance and maintaining consistency of AFC controls.

This role is pivotal in driving high-quality AFC governance, ensuring transparency, supporting regulatory readiness, and embedding a strong and disciplined control environment across the European AFC program.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Crime Framework (Europe)

• Deliver accurate, timely AFC regulatory and internal reporting
• Lead end-to-end AFC risk assessments, including data analysis and stakeholder challenge
• Oversee policy and standards updates, ensuring alignment with regulatory and global AFC requirements
• Enhance AFC framework methodology, documentation, and consistency with group standards
• Produce clear governance materials (reports, dashboards, committee papers)
• Support thematic reviews and ongoing improvements to risk assessment methods

• Provide subject-matter support on AML/CTF, Sanctions, ABAC, and Anti-Tax Evasion requirements
• Interpret regulatory changes and help embed new requirements into business processes
• Support regulatory readiness, audit responses, and evidence coordination
• Build strong relationships with 1LoD and 2LoD to promote transparency and effective escalation

• Support AFC testing and monitoring activities
• Produce insight-led reporting to highlight control gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Track and validate remediation actions
• Maintain high-quality documentation, process maps, and audit-ready evidence

• Provide AFC input into change initiatives to ensure risks are properly considered
• Support project governance, reporting, and risk/milestone tracking
• Participate in cross-functional groups to deliver AFC-related outcomes
• Assist with embedding new processes and operating model changes

• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF, Sanctions, ABAC, Anti-Tax Evasion, and financial crime frameworks
• Hands-on experience with risk assessments, including analysis, narrative drafting, and validation
• Experience managing regulatory or internal reporting cycles
• Background in policy governance or standards maintenance
• Excellent written/verbal communication and governance drafting skills
• High attention to detail, organisation, and ability to work in fast-paced environments
• Ability to interpret regulatory expectations and apply them pragmatically

• Experience across European jurisdictions or global AFC structures
• Background in European/multinational financial services
• Familiarity with AFC framework development/governance
• Experience with thematic reviews, BWRA, or issue management
• Exposure to transformation/technology change programmes
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, Int. Dip AML)

• Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position
• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)