Financial Crime Architecture Lead

Overview

In this role you will own and shape the future-state tech architecture for Financial Crime capabilities across AML, transaction monitoring, onboarding and related processes in a leading financial services organisation. You will align platforms such as ComplyAdvantage, OCS, Salesforce and Snowflake to create a unified data, workflow and case-management experience. The role blends domain expertise with enterprise architecture, data and integration design, and AI readiness to enable scalable, explainable controls in a highly regulated environment. You will collaborate with Risk, Compliance and Tech teams to translate requirements into strategic architectural outcomes and drive long-term road-m앭

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end target architecture for the Financial Crime technology landscape
• Define strategic architecture across AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions, PEP screening, onboarding and risk rating
• Create a unified architecture for data, workflow, decisioning and user experience to reduce fragmentation
• Rationalise the current tech stack including ComplyAdvantage, OCS, Salesforce and Snowflake
• Decide where capabilities should be integrated, consolidated, enhanced or retired
• Define integration patterns (REST, event-driven, data contracts, messaging, real-time data flows)
• Shape architecture for AI-enabled Financial Crime capabilities (alert optimisation, summarisation, triage, anomaly detection)
• Ensure AI and data capabilities are explainable, auditable and compliant with regulation
• Set architecture standards for security, resilience, data lineage, model governance and privacy
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Operations, Product, Data, Cyber and Technology to translate requirements into scalable solutions
• Support technology and vendor selection, assessing capability, integration, data coverage, AI readiness and strategic fit
• Act as senior architecture authority within programme governance and align delivery with long-term strategy

Key requirements

• Extensive Enterprise, Solution or Domain Architecture experience
• Strong background in Financial Crime, AML, KYC, Risk or Compliance
• Knowledge of AML, sanctions, PEP/adverse media screening, transaction monitoring, risk rating and case management
• Experience defining target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps
• Proficiency in data and integration architecture (APIs, event-driven, modern data platforms)
• Experience with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud or similar CRM/workflow platforms
• Experience with Snowflake or comparable data platforms
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture, security and governance
• Experience evaluating/integrating third-party Financial Crime or Risk platforms
• Awareness of AI/ML and GenAI architecture in regulated environments
• Knowledge of responsible AI principles including explainability, human-in-the-loop, governance and auditability
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Compliance and Operations

• stakeholder influence
• cross-functional collaboration
• clear communication in governance contexts
• APIs (REST)
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Data platforms (Snowflake)

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