Senior Transaction Monitoring Manager (Tech & Data) London

Senior Transaction Monitoring ManagerAs Plenitude scales globally we are looking to add to our senior leadership team in London.Plenitude is a niche consultancy, specialising in Anti-Financial Crime.Reasons our employees join and stay with us include:Learning from the best. Our owners and subject matter experts are ‘hands-on’ with every engagement and will invest their time in your developmentOur focus is on maximising our value to clients through collaborative working and delivering genuine synergy where the whole is greater than the sum of the partsFast growth. Plenitude has enjoyed 4X growth over the past 3 yearsIts owners are actively identifying the next generation of leadership to shape the new relationships, value propositions, products and delivery engagements of the futureThere are no artificial barriers or constraints on career progressionCulture is entrepreneurial with a focus on Career and personal developmentWe will sponsor training for every employee based on your needs. This includes specialist technical training (e.g. Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) or International Compliance Association (ICA)) as well as commercial, leadership, coaching and management domainsAs a Senior Transaction Monitoring Manager, you will report into Managing Partner and Senior Executive Team:Accountability for the end to end delivery of client engagements including the management of Plenitude team membersDelivery of defined deliverables and desired engagement outcomes on time and within budgetLeading Anti- Financial Crime (AFC) delivery on TM projects, including development of tuning and optimisation framework, conducting reviews of client’s processes and procedures, support regulatory or audit reviews, advising on TM technology, optimisation, and remediation programmesDefine and lead on TM model optimisation, industry monitoring typology risk assessment methodology and overall control framework in building an effective Transaction Monitoring programmeLeading and developing strong relationships with project stakeholdersSupporting with planning, status update and support project governanceSupporting business development and drafting proposals to identify new prospectsRole Competencies, Skills, Behaviours and Attitude:Business Skills:Strong understanding of the AFC compliance risks relevant to Transaction Monitoring (e.g. money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery and corruption, capital surveillance)Good appreciation on conventional Transaction Monitoring typologies and industry practices across corporate banking, correspondent bankingGood understanding of market SWIFT payment format and standardGood appreciation of KYC standards that can be leveraged to fine tune TM modelsGood appreciation of TM alert investigation processHands-on capability in defining change governance, project management and business analyst background. Must demonstrate strong capability to define and articulate approachTechnical Skills:(Must have) Hands-on experience in defining and leading model validation and system tuning from inception to completionHands-on understanding on minimum of one TM systems across rule designs, segment designs, technical design and processes (e.g NICE Actimize, Oracle Mantas, SAS, FiServ)Good understanding on payment flows and data challengesGood SQL, Excel and Data Analysis on high volume of transaction dataPersonal Skills:Confidence to credibility with clients from project inceptionSelf-motivation individual willing to learn new concepts, with excellent analytical skills and proven problem-solving skillsExcellent verbal and written communication skills at business and technical levelsStrong appreciation of business and delivery risksA high degree of integrity and the drive and willingness to succeed; andManaging and mentoring junior colleagues during projectsStrong team ethos and ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure and minimal supervisionsWhat you will need:At least ten years experience in financial crime risk and compliance within the Financial Services industry5-10 years of experience in either strategic and/or management consulting with a focus on financial crime compliance and riskExperience developing and applying corporate governance, compliance control and risk management frameworksDegree level educationFinancial crime risk or compliance related professional qualifications e.g. ICA DiplomaOther role requirements:Keeping abreast of legislation, regulation, guidance and technologies relating to financial crime risk and complianceCommercial business awareness and financial acumen and understandingWe offer the opportunity to work solely on FCC engagements with leading financial institutions across banking, insurance, investment management and cryptoasset firms.For the right candidate we offer very competitive compensation package consisting of base salary, performance related bonus, training allowance, pension, life and medical ..... full job details .....