Architect Lead - Financial Crime

Financial Crime Architecture LeadLocation: London (Hybrid) Employment Type: PermanentShape the Future of Financial Crime TechnologyWe''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 ResponsibilitiesOwn 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 ..... full job details .....