Financial Crime Technical Lead
Timestamp Group aggregates several leading Portuguese IT solutions and services companies around the concepts of excellence and knowledge sharing. We are committed to technological leadership, based on the quality of our service and technological solutions, supported by continuous training and certification.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES / ROLE
Key Accountabilities
The Financial Crime Technical Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Financial Crime project and data initiatives within the TSB Fincrime Data and TM migration program.
The role will lead complex change across Financial Crime data and Transaction Monitoring (TM) domains, ensuring that data, platforms and controls are migrated and implemented in line with regulatory expectations, Santander standards, and program milestones, while maintaining effective control coverage and integrity through migration and into BAU.
Typical areas of responsibility for this role include:
Financial Crime data migration (e.g. screening, TM, KYC, alerts, cases, regulatory reporting data), and/or
Transaction Monitoring delivery (data feeds, models/scenarios, alerting, integration with case management and operations).
Domain Responsibilities
Depending on project needs, the Financial Crime Technical Lead may be asked to focus on one or more of the following areas and be able to pivot to new priorities and navigate uncertainty giving the large scale of the Programe. Candidates are expected to bring strong capability in at least one, and ideally across both:
Lead the migration and integration of Financial Crime Data such as screening, transaction monitoring, KYC, alerts, cases and regulatory reporting data and support the migration of this historical data into Standard source systems.
Define and oversee source-to-target mapping, transformation, validation, cleansing, reconciliation and certification to ensure Data quality, completeness and regulatory compliance.
Work with architects and data engineers to ensure alignment with Santander's data architecture, data analytics teams and standards and controls, including data lineage, traceability and auditability.
Lead the delivery and/or migration of Transaction Monitoring capabilities, including Extracting, Transforming and Loading Data feeds, review the implementation of the TM processes for Detection and Alert Generation.
Ensure that TM designs and implementations meet regulatory expectations, internal risk appetite and operational requirements.
Oversee end-to-end TM processes for ThetaRay, from data ingestion and scenario execution through to alert handling, escalation and case management.
Collaborate with TM operations, model owners and validation teams to ensure appropriate coverage, thresholds, tuning and effectiveness throughout and after migration.
MANDATORY SKILLS
5+ Years experience
Proven experience leading technology and/or data delivery within Financial Crime or closely related domains in Financial Services.
Strong understanding of Financial Crime controls and data pipelines and ELT mechanisims, ideally including some combination of:
Transaction Monitoring (TM)
Screening / Sanctions
KYC / Customer Due Diligence
Alerts, cases, and regulatory reporting
Demonstrable track record of end to end delivery across the full IT Delivery projects (requirements, design, build/configuration, testing, implementation, and transition to BAU), operating in Agile and/or Waterfall environments.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills in English, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non technical audiences, including senior stakeholders, architecture and governance forums.
Experience managing complex change with multiple teams, dependencies and vendors in a regulated environment.
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS
General
Experience of bank migrations, separations or large regulatory change programs or large-scale Migration programs.
For candidates with a data oriented profile
Strong background in data migration and data integration (mapping, transformation, reconciliation, data quality).
Familiarity with Financial Crime data platforms, data models and data governance.
For candidates with a TM oriented profile
Hands on experience with Transaction Monitoring engines and case management platforms.
Understanding of TM scenarios/models, threshold/tuning, coverage assessment and operational processes.
Employee Benefits:
• Health insurance
• Flexibility in organizational routine
• Training and certifications
• Employee Support Program (in 5 areas, including psychology)
• Birthday and seniority gifts
• Monthly Happy Hour
• Benefits portal with attractive offers
- Department
- Technology and People
- Locations
- Lisboa, Madrid
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Tipo de Contrato
- Contrato de Trabalho Sem Termo