Team – Compliance - UK
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
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What this role is all about:
The Financial Crime Officer plays an important role in protecting Vitality, its customers and its reputation from financial crime risk. Working within a risk-based control environment, this role supports the delivery and ongoing enhancement of the Financial Crime Framework, helping to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while strengthening controls across the business. From sanctions and PEP screening to due diligence, investigations and stakeholder guidance, the position offers broad exposure to financial crime prevention and the opportunity to contribute to key projects, continuous improvement initiatives and effective risk management.
Key Actions
- Conduct sanctions, PEP and financial crime screening reviews, ensuring accurate and timely risk assessments
- Undertake AML investigations, analysing referrals and screening alerts to identify and escalate potential risks
- Complete customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD) and ongoing monitoring for higher-risk relationships
- Provide expert guidance on AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and wider financial crime requirements across the business
- Support the development and continuous improvement of financial crime frameworks, controls, policies and processes
- Produce management information and reporting to identify trends, assess control effectiveness and support decision-making
- Contribute to audits, assurance reviews and control testing activities, ensuring robust governance and compliance standards
- Support projects, system enhancements and awareness initiatives that strengthen financial crime prevention and operational effectiveness
What do you need to thrive?
- Experience applying AML, sanctions and anti-bribery & corruption requirements within a regulated environment
- Strong customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence and financial crime investigation experience
- Ability to identify, assess and escalate financial crime risks effectively
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to interpret and apply regulatory and legislative requirements
- Effective stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint
So, what’s in it for you?
- Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
- A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
- Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
- Life Assurance – Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
- Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
- Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
- Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
- Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
- Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
- Give you the space to try, fail and learn
- Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
- Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
- Be there for you when you need us
- Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.
We’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.
