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Financial Crime Data Scientist
Builds machine learning models that detect money laundering and fraud
£55k–£115k Regulation-driven
What it involves
Develops network analysis and anomaly detection models that identify suspicious transaction patterns across billions of data points, feeding investigations that stop financial crime.
Skills & knowledge needed
Anomaly detectionGraph analysisPythonAML typologiesSQL
Why it's emerging now
Money laundering enforcement is intensifying globally and manual detection can't keep pace with transaction volume.
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