Graduate Economic Crime Risk

Salary:

27878 GBP Annual

Pension:

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.

Type:

Full time

Fixed Term:

24 Months

**Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.**

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

Your Future Starts here

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989 we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure accurate and efficient assessment payment and repayment services.

Our Values

Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work:

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.
• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative make impactful decisions and continuously learn and grow.
• Accountability: We deliver on commitments own our successes and mistakes and strive for quality outcomes.
• Respect: We value diverse perspectives actively listen and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.
• Trust: We collaborate across teams build dependable relationships and work as one to deliver for our customers.

These values are more than wordsthey guide our decisions shape our collaborations and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.

About the role

The Economic Crime Unit (ECU) provides oversight of SLCs approach to financial crime risk ensuring risks areidentified mitigated and effectively managed across the includes setting expectations for how economic crime risk is managed in line with the Enterprise Risk and Compliance (ERC) Policy Framework and Statement of Intent (SOI).

As a keySecond Line of Defence (2LoD)function the ECU offers independent risk management advicemonitorshow well financial crime risks are controlled and ensures safeguards are in place to protect SLC from internal and external threats. The ECU also undertakes investigations into suspected fraud and helps build a strong culture of risk awareness to protect SLC fromfinancial lossand reputational harm.

As aGraduate in the Economic Crime Unityoullsupport the delivery of key projects and initiatives that directly strengthen SLCs financial crime prevention efforts. During this24month rotational programmeyoullgain hands-on exposure to essential business activities while developing core skills across all ECU specialisms.

Ifyouredriven by analytical thinking motivated by protecting organisations from risk and excited by the idea of tackling real world financial crime challenges this programme is designed for you.

Through a combination of structured learning modules and practical on-the-job experienceyoullbuild technical knowledge develop professional confidence and play a meaningful role in supporting SLCs compliance and risk managementobjectives.

Youllrotate across six specialist areas Governance; Analysis & Intelligence; Interventions; Anti-Money Laundering (AML); Internal Threat; and Assurance giving you a unique holistic understanding of how economic crime is prevented detected and responded to within a major public facing organisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to explore the full spectrum of economic crime disciplines shape your career path and contribute to safeguarding an organisation that supports millions of learners across the UK.

Youllwork closely with experienced colleagues receive ongoing mentorship and actively contribute to projects and activities that strengthen SLCs defences and support effective decision-making.

Ultimately yourwork will help ensure SLC manages its economic crime risk effectively andmaintainsthe highest standards of integrity and compliance.

What you bring:

Essential

• Degree in a relevant subject such as Risk Management or Economic Crime Managementat a 2.2 or above anticipated by Summer 2026 or gained within the last two years
• Ability to;
• communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues and customers by actively listening and delivering quality informationtimely
• manage interpret and use data to support decision making and drive effectiveoutcomes
• usedigital tools and technologies to communicate access information and solve problems
• identifyassessand manage risks to minimise potential impacts
• demonstrate readiness to new ways of working and remain effective in ambiguous situations whileidentifyingopportunities for continuous improvement
• Sufficient resilience tooperatewithin a dynamic and evolving environment and a passion to continually improve an organisations approach to economic crime risk
• The confidence and ability to engage effectively with a wide range of internal and external economic crime stakeholders

Desirable

• The ability to design and implement new intervention-based processes and activities
• Knowledge of economic crime risk management
• A qualification relating to Economic Crime / Money Laundering

Further Information

We will be hosting an information webinar for candidates who would like to know more about the Graduate programme and the recruitment process. If you would like to attend please register for one of the sessions below;

Tuesday 24th February 4:00pm - 5:00pm - please email and we will send a link for this session.

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

• Optionto buy/sell annual leave

• Flexi-timeand enhanced flexible working options available

• Optionto join the Civil Service pension scheme

• Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary

• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternitypaternityand adoption

• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers cycle to work scheme access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships and an optional dental insurance scheme

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The Legal Bits

Well need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history criminal record check credit referencecheckand fraud check.

SLC are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive for all candidates and will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail please email

Sound good If so please apply below and a member of our dedicated Recruitment Team will be in touch!