Location: London (Hybrid) Employment Type: Permanent
Shape the Future of Financial Crime Technology
We're seeking an experienced Financial Crime Architecture Lead to define and drive the target-state architecture for a major financial services organisation undergoing significant transformation.
This is a strategic leadership role focused on creating a modern, integrated financial crime technology ecosystem spanning client onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, client risk management, workflow orchestration, data platforms and AI-enabled capabilities.
You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Compliance, Data and Operations to deliver a scalable, resilient and future-ready architecture that enhances regulatory compliance while improving operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end architecture strategy for financial crime technology capabilities.
Design and implement a unified architecture covering data, workflow, decisioning and user experience layers.
Lead architecture assessments and platform rationalisation initiatives across multiple enterprise applications.
Define integration patterns, API standards, event-driven architectures and data governance frameworks.
Shape AI-enabled financial crime capabilities including alert optimisation, case investigation support and anomaly detection.
Establish architecture guardrails covering security, resilience, auditability, regulatory traceability and model governance.
Influence vendor selection and platform strategy through architecture leadership and technical due diligence.
Drive alignment between business priorities, regulatory obligations and enterprise technology strategy.
Act as the senior architecture authority within governance and transformation programmes.
What We're Looking For
Significant architecture leadership experience within regulated financial services environments.
Strong understanding of Financial Crime domains including:
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Sanctions Screening
PEP & Adverse Media Screening
Client Risk Rating
Transaction Monitoring
Case Management & Alert Triage
Expertise in enterprise architecture, solution architecture and platform transformation.
Experience designing complex integrations using REST APIs, event-driven patterns and modern cloud technologies.
Strong knowledge of CRM, workflow and data platform architectures.
Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across technology and business functions.
Experience balancing strategic architectural direction with incremental agile delivery.
Technical Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience across:
Enterprise data platforms and analytics environments
Cloud-native architecture and security design
API-led and event-driven integration patterns
Data governance, lineage and quality frameworks
DevSecOps and modern engineering practices
Python-enabled automation and analytics solutions
AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI architecture
Responsible AI, explainability and model governance controls
Why Apply?
This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in defining the long-term financial crime technology strategy for a complex financial services organisation. You'll influence enterprise-wide architecture decisions, help shape AI-enabled capabilities, and create a platform foundation that supports future regulatory and business growth.
Location: London (Hybrid Working) Type: Permanent Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
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Salary description
£105000.00 - £120000.00 per year