Financial Crime Apprentice (Apprenticeship)
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £9.74 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 March 2026 |
| Location: | Derby, DE24 8QR |
| Company: | GetMyFirstJob Ltd |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 278202 |
Summary
This role offers an excellent entry point into a career in financial crime prevention. As part of the Financial Crime Team, you’ll help ensure effective controls are in place to prevent fraud and financial crime. The team also develops learning materials and resources to equip advisers, Approved Persons, and colleagues with the knowledge needed to identify potential fraud and follow the correct processes. They provide specialist guidance wherever concerns arise.
As a Financial Crime Apprentice, you will contribute to protecting the business, our customers, and our partners from financial crime risks. You’ll support the detection, investigation, and prevention of fraud, money laundering, and other financial crime activity. The apprenticeship combines practical experience with structured learning, helping you build the skills and expertise needed for a future career in financial crime, risk, or compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Learning the basics of identifying fraud and financial crime prevention.
Assist in reviewing alerts and referrals relating to fraud, money laundering, and other suspicious activity.
Support the analysis of documentation to identify potential signs of financial crime.
Help with investigations by gathering information, organising evidence, and documenting findings.
Provide clear and professional communication when obtaining information needed for financial crime assessments.
Support advisers with guidance on documentation requirements and fraud prevention processes.
Help ensure cases are escalated appropriately to senior team members when required.
Assist in maintaining accurate records and case files to support audits and regulatory requirements.
Support the Financial Crime Manager when presenting to advisers and firms to improve fraud awareness and reduce the risk of financial crime.
Help create and update financial crime related material published by MAB.
Help produce MI (Management Information) reports on trends, risks, and recurring issues.
Work closely with colleagues across the Financial Crime and Risk & Compliance Team.
Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and improvement projects.
Suggest enhancements to processes, controls, and tools where opportunities arise.
Shadowing the Financial Crime Manager in meetings with stakeholders.
Assist Financial Crime Manager with other projects/tasks as required/agreed.
Learn communication skills for working with colleagues across all departments.
Learn problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Training
Compliance and Risk Officer Apprenticeship Level 3.
Risk and compliance is a key department in any business. This apprenticeship is designed to give individuals in your organisation the knowledge they need to fully understand the implications in their team, organisation, and industry.
Ideal for those working within a, usually FCA, regulated environment, who are in the early stages of their career for spotting risk and compliance issues.
It is particularly beneficial for those individuals who need to understand frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure your business runs effectively. Apprentices will also achieve a qualification from the International Compliance Association (ICA).
Apprentices will choose from the following Mandatory ICA qualification options: International Advanced Certificate in Anti Money Laundering, Advanced Certificate in Managing Fraud or International Advanced Certificate in Regulatory Compliance.
Also included in the apprenticeship:
ICA Public Workshops.
Optional Microsoft Specialist Skills.
Application of skills.
Development Sessions.
Portfolio of Evidence.
Professional Discussion.
Interview.For each module, learners benefit from attending small, scheduled online classes taught by a subject matter specialist. Each apprentice will also have access to online materials which they will be directed to use.. An apprenticeship has to be relevant to the job you are undertaking and you must dedicate 20% of your time towards it.
Qualifications required
GCSE's grades 9/A* - 4/C including Maths and English.
Skills required
Interest in learning financial crime concepts, documentation and evidence handling.
IT literacy with MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
Able to interpret basic data sets.
Presentation skills.
Communication skills.
Prospects
Financial Crime Analyst.
Qualification / Standard : ST0362 Compliance and risk officer
Duration 18 months
As a Financial Crime Apprentice, you will contribute to protecting the business, our customers, and our partners from financial crime risks. You’ll support the detection, investigation, and prevention of fraud, money laundering, and other financial crime activity. The apprenticeship combines practical experience with structured learning, helping you build the skills and expertise needed for a future career in financial crime, risk, or compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Learning the basics of identifying fraud and financial crime prevention.
Assist in reviewing alerts and referrals relating to fraud, money laundering, and other suspicious activity.
Support the analysis of documentation to identify potential signs of financial crime.
Help with investigations by gathering information, organising evidence, and documenting findings.
Provide clear and professional communication when obtaining information needed for financial crime assessments.
Support advisers with guidance on documentation requirements and fraud prevention processes.
Help ensure cases are escalated appropriately to senior team members when required.
Assist in maintaining accurate records and case files to support audits and regulatory requirements.
Support the Financial Crime Manager when presenting to advisers and firms to improve fraud awareness and reduce the risk of financial crime.
Help create and update financial crime related material published by MAB.
Help produce MI (Management Information) reports on trends, risks, and recurring issues.
Work closely with colleagues across the Financial Crime and Risk & Compliance Team.
Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and improvement projects.
Suggest enhancements to processes, controls, and tools where opportunities arise.
Shadowing the Financial Crime Manager in meetings with stakeholders.
Assist Financial Crime Manager with other projects/tasks as required/agreed.
Learn communication skills for working with colleagues across all departments.
Learn problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Training
Compliance and Risk Officer Apprenticeship Level 3.
Risk and compliance is a key department in any business. This apprenticeship is designed to give individuals in your organisation the knowledge they need to fully understand the implications in their team, organisation, and industry.
Ideal for those working within a, usually FCA, regulated environment, who are in the early stages of their career for spotting risk and compliance issues.
It is particularly beneficial for those individuals who need to understand frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure your business runs effectively. Apprentices will also achieve a qualification from the International Compliance Association (ICA).
Apprentices will choose from the following Mandatory ICA qualification options: International Advanced Certificate in Anti Money Laundering, Advanced Certificate in Managing Fraud or International Advanced Certificate in Regulatory Compliance.
Also included in the apprenticeship:
ICA Public Workshops.
Optional Microsoft Specialist Skills.
Application of skills.
Development Sessions.
Portfolio of Evidence.
Professional Discussion.
Interview.For each module, learners benefit from attending small, scheduled online classes taught by a subject matter specialist. Each apprentice will also have access to online materials which they will be directed to use.. An apprenticeship has to be relevant to the job you are undertaking and you must dedicate 20% of your time towards it.
Qualifications required
GCSE's grades 9/A* - 4/C including Maths and English.
Skills required
Interest in learning financial crime concepts, documentation and evidence handling.
IT literacy with MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
Able to interpret basic data sets.
Presentation skills.
Communication skills.
Prospects
Financial Crime Analyst.
Qualification / Standard : ST0362 Compliance and risk officer
Duration 18 months