Santander Bank

Internal Audit Associate - Compliance and Financial Crime | S2 | SCIB | FTC ending 1st May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

In this exciting, interim role, you’ll be part of the growing internal audit team who use their expertise to independently evaluate and report to the highest level in the organisation.

You’ll be supporting internal audits focussing on the evaluation of key risks that fall within the areas of Financial Crime, Conduct and Compliance. The broad remit will provide you with an excellent overview of these functions and offer a chance to make a difference.

If you’ve performed a similar role previously, this could be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

This is a fixed-term contract until 1st May 2026.

The difference you’ll make:

• Supporting internal audit activities to assess the management and control of risks
• Identifying and assessing individual risks, controls and impacts on business areas
• Ensuring that all work undertaken meets agreed timescales and complies with quality requirements
• Collaborating with other teams, managing relationships and influencing key stakeholders across the business as part of your audit work
• Producing management information (MI) for Senior Management
• Reviewing and challenging procedures or risk management practices using internal and external data to support decisions

What you’ll bring:

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

• Previous experience in an internal audit or assurance role within investment banking
• Good working knowledge of Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance frameworks in which financial institutions operate (UK and European)

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Relevant audit, compliance or Financial Crime qualifications or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• In-depth understanding of risk and strategy

What else you need to know:

This fixed term contract role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston.

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 3 days a week (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 salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your contract duration.

• 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.
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• 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.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• 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.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:-

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