Senior Data Scientist | S3 | Financial Crime

Country: United Kingdom

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We are a dynamic team specialising in Financial Crime Intelligence Analytics. Our mission is to safeguard financial systems by developing advanced Transaction Monitoring models that detect and prevent money laundering typologies.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be involved in developing Machine Learning(ML) models which can be via vendor solutions such as ThetaRay or using open-sourced algorithms. The team is tasked with several functions in relation to detection of potential financial crime, the calibration of existing scenarios and the analysis of anomalies and spikes.

The difference you'll make:

• Writing, testing and maintaining production-quality code, and design, experiment, and evaluate algorithms, and models
• Improving methodologies, developing new data sources, testing model enhancements, and fine-tuning model parameters
• Delivering analysis and insights on anomalies and alert spikes
• Interacting with internal stakeholders in financial crime control operations, regulatory governance and front office on the Strategic Transaction monitoring side
• Working with other stakeholders in the company on building scalable production systems and applications
• Preparing and presenting findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner

What you'll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Expert knowledge of Python and/or R and SQL in a Big Data environment
• Experience of end-to-end model development and maintenance of ML models used for business critical decisions, ideally in a regulated industry like risk, fraud, economic crime
• Banking experience

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Good understanding of Financial Crime landscape
• Financial Crime vendor solutions exposure such as ThetaRay / Quantexa / BlackSwan
• Experience in Transaction Modelling
• Exposure to Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence)

What else you need to know:

This permanent role is based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it's important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you're interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion:

At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.

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