Principal Consultant - Financial Crime, Risk, Regulation and Finance Function

The role

This person will advise on financial crime risk management and deliver transformation across AML/KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions and Fraud. They will work with various financial institutions to meet regulatory requirements and business objectives.

What you will do

• Support clients to achieve compliance with regulatory obligations
• Transform and automate financial crime, sanctions and fraud operating models using new technologies
• Analyse client capabilities to find cost savings and improve risk management
• Assess, benchmark, and re-design financial crime and fraud target operating models and controls
• Support clients in dealing with operational backlogs
• Source and implement technology solutions for KYC, TM, Sanctions and Fraud
• Balance client delivery with supporting development of new client opportunities or market propositions
• Mentor and coach other members of the team
• Develop, drive and convert a pipeline of opportunities and lead on RFP responses
• Build and maintain strong client relationships

Required qualifications

• Understanding of financial crime, sanctions and fraud including regulatory requirements, risk assessment, KYC and the three lines of defence
• Experience of delivering automation and transformation using AI
• Experience with financial crime tooling and processes
• Experience with fraud detection, prevention and response
• Experience with sanctions regimes, including tooling and processes
• Prior success as a management consultant or within a change role in a financial services institution
• Proven expertise delivering change and lead transformation programmes
• Self-starter and strong team player
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and an analytical mind-set
• Demonstrable expertise in building and leveraging relationships
• Ability to present to stakeholders from AVP to senior MDs

Nice to have

• Agile certifications

Benefits

• Ongoing learning opportunities
• Flat, non-hierarchical structure
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits
• Maternity / adoption / shared parental leave
• Paid leave for sickness
• Paid leave for pregnancy loss
• Paid leave for fertility treatment
• Paid leave for menopause
• Paid leave for bereavement

About the company

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. They are experts in capital markets, banking and payments, insurance and wealth and asset management.