Associate Director – Data & Technology Financial Crime Consultant

We are recruiting for a well-established global Financial Crime and regulatory compliance consultancy firm looking to recruit an Associate Director with strong data and technology specialist with a deep interest in financial crime to deliver high-impact consulting engagements, shape client strategy, and drive innovation.

Job Requirements:

• Lead and support on client engagements to assess and remediate financial crime risk across payments and banking environments.
• Drive data diagnostics and analytical assessments including data profiling, feature engineering, exploratory analysis, and performance benchmarking.
• Evaluate technology solutions for AML monitoring, customer risk scoring, and customer screening, and support vendor selection and integration processes.
• Collaborate with client data engineering teams to advise on data pipelines, schema design, and pipeline infrastructure needed for analytic and monitoring use cases.
• Maintain and develop a personal profile in the industry as an anti-financial crime consultant by attending, speaking and engaging at appropriate industry events, as well as writing content pieces and posting on social media platforms, in order to promote and grow the company.
• Expand business by developing a strong network of industry contacts, pitching for new business, writing or quality-assuring sharp proposals and acquiring clients
• Develop and support other team members through appropriate training, guidance and practical direction setting.
• Actively contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives and support self-learning throughout the team.
• 5+ years’ experience in data, analytics or technology roles in financial crime within a financial institution (bank, FinTech, other regulated entity) or a financial crime-focused consultancy team.
• Strong hands-on experience with data analysis and data tooling.
• Knowledge of financial crime typologies, AML, sanctions, fraud risk, and regulatory expectations.
• Experience with detection frameworks, monitoring platforms, or machine learning workflows in a regulated environment.

Unless otherwise stated, candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

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