Financial Crime Analyst
You investigate suspicious money movements and help stop fraud and money laundering.
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- Typical pay
- €32k–€62k
- Usual education
- Degree or bank training programme
- Outlook
- Growing fast as regulators tighten rules on digital finance.
A day in the life
Reviewing alerts, digging into a transaction history, writing up a case for the authorities.
Ways in
- Graduate financial crime programme at a bank
- Fraud operations role then specialist training
- Criminology or law degree plus anti-money-laundering certification
What to study at 16
The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.
Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
France
Bac général — spécialités
Germany
Oberstufe — Leistungskurse
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Poland
Liceum — rozszerzenia
Skills that matter
Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
BSc Business Analytics
Turning company data into decisions with SQL, statistics and visualisation.
Pattern spotting in transaction data.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Statistics, IT
LLB Law with Business
Legal training with commercial and finance modules for in-house and City work.
Useful for regulation and casework.
Helpful school subjects: English, Economics
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Millennium bcp
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NatWest Group
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Revolut
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Banco Santander
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