Financial Crime Apprentice

Mortgage Advice Bureau

UK (DE24 8QR)

Closes in 10 days (Sunday 22 March 2026)

Posted on 11 March 2026

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Summary

Are you looking to build a long-term career in compliance and risk? Then look no further! Start your career today with a level 3 apprenticeship with Mortgage Advice Bureau and Kaplan. You will be gaining valuable workplace including dealing with queries and monitor complaints and reports whilst working towards the Compliance and Risk Officer level 3 qualification.

Wage

£19,000 a year

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Please note, the salary is £19,000 - £21,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

Training course
Compliance and risk officer (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Working hours flexible between 8-9.30am and 4.30-6.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 29 June 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

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 the 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. 

Where you'll work

Capital House, Pride Park
Derby
UK
DE24 8QR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Training course

Compliance and risk officer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Implement legal and regulatory framework requirements.
  • Deliver risk and compliance services to stakeholders using organisational systems and processes.
  • Plan and organise workloads to meet individual and team performance targets.
  • Identify ways to reduce and mitigate incidents of non-compliance.
  • Escalate compliance and risk issues where appropriate in line with organisational procedures.
  • Manage records in order to meet audit requirements of the organisation.
  • Produce evidence-based reports and management information for stakeholders considering visualisation techniques when presenting data.
  • Select and use communication methods applicable to the audience and circumstances, for example, presentations, phone, face to face, email, virtual meetings.
  • Communicate about products with customers, colleagues or stakeholders in different styles, for example visually, verbally, written, using e-comms.
  • Build and maintain working relationships.
  • Identify own training needs and seek feedback to improve performance and service delivered.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques when delivering improved compliance outcomes and mitigating risks.
  • Record information electronically and make use of available technology, for example Management Information Systems (MIS), spreadsheets, presentation software, word processing, email, virtual communication.
  • Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.
  • Implement legal and regulatory framework requirements.
  • Deliver risk and compliance services to stakeholders using organisational systems and processes.
  • Plan and organise workloads to meet individual and team performance targets.
  • Identify ways to reduce and mitigate incidents of non-compliance.
  • Escalate compliance and risk issues where appropriate in line with organisational procedures.
  • Manage records in order to meet audit requirements of the organisation.
  • Produce evidence-based reports and management information for stakeholders considering visualisation techniques when presenting data.
  • Select and use communication methods applicable to the audience and circumstances, for example, presentations, phone, face to face, email, virtual meetings.
  • Communicate about products with customers, colleagues or stakeholders in different styles, for example visually, verbally, written, using e-comms.
  • Build and maintain working relationships.
  • Identify own training needs and seek feedback to improve performance and service delivered.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques when delivering improved compliance outcomes and mitigating risks.
  • Record information electronically and make use of available technology, for example Management Information Systems (MIS), spreadsheets, presentation software, word processing, email, virtual communication.
  • Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.

Training schedule

Compliance and Risk Officer Apprenticeship Level 3.

Risk and compliance are 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 for 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 the 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 must be relevant to the job you are undertaking, and you must dedicate 20% of your time towards it. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Basic Maths (grade 9/A* - 4/C)
  • Standard English (grade 9/A* - 4/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Please note, the salary is £19,000 - £21,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

  • Private Medical Insurance (Vitality).
  • 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 with service) plus your birthday off, matched pension contribution (L&G), share save scheme (Equinity), retail discounts, free entertainment tickets, plus much more!
  • Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager).
  • A wide range of Learning & Development offers, from 121 coaching to qualification support, helping you to grow and thrive in your career.
  • A supportive, inclusive culture with forums you're welcome to join from day 1, using your voice to make MAB an even better place to work.

About this employer

We're transforming our industry with the best mortgage journey, which is only made possible by ensuring we empower our people to be their best at work, aligned to our core values. Our team are connected by our values we call our 'DNA'. Our DNA runs through everything we do at MAB and guides us on our journey for everyone to be their best self. https://www.mortgageadvicebureau.com/recruitment-page/ please see our video here to hear it from our very own people!

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Financial Crime Analyst.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020209.

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Closes in 10 days (Sunday 22 March 2026)

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