Financial Crime Technology Consulting - Senior Consultant

Job description

About EY  

EY Financial Services Organization (FSO) works with leading financial services clients globally. We are consistently growing our advisory practices, outpacing competition. We work as one borderless organization - 15,000 employees across 30 countries – building teams who have the skills and experience our clients need. For you, this means exciting opportunities to:  

·      Work with global financial services clients, locally and internationally, to come up with innovative solutions to complex problems 

·      Team up with the best people on diverse and challenging programmes 

·      Share knowledge with people known for their world-class expertise and insight 

·       Be exposed to different business cultures and develop an international network of colleagues and clients that will last a lifetime 

·      Help shape the future of financial services 

 

Financial Crime  Consulting  

 

Our Financial Crime Consulting team sits within EY’s broader Financial Crime & Forensics solution, which consists of around 160 professionals who advise and drive change for the firm’s banking, capital markets, insurance and asset management clients on Financial Crime. Our Financial Crime Consulting team specialises in topics, including: 

·      AML transaction monitoring 

·      Customer screening/payment filtering for Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media 

·       KYC and customer on-boarding 

·      Market abuse controls 

·      Implementation and oversight of financial crime managed service solutions 

·      Financial crime policy and governance 

·       Financial crime risk assessment and risk models 

The team works with a diverse set of software vendors and leverages a range of technologies and analytical techniques to develop transform technology platforms, optimise/enhance solution as well as develop innovative solutions to client needs. 

·      Technology strategy 

·      System requirements analysis and design 

·      System optimisation 

·       System implementation 

·      Data analytics 

·      Development of supporting tools 

The team works with a diverse set of software vendors and leverages a range of technologies and analytical techniques to develop innovative solutions to client needs. 

The Role  

 

We are looking for financial crime technology specialists at Senior Consultant level to join our growing team. 

 

Skills and attributes for success 

·      Desire to build / develop a career in advising our clients with improvements and industry insight in the Financial Crime area 

·      Strong interest and commitment to understanding and developing leading edge financial crime prevention solutions to our industry clients 

·      High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions and ability to work under pressure 

·       Intellectual strength / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into workable solutions which can then be delivered 

·      Appreciation of EY’s solutions / go to market abilities and how these service client needs 

·      Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills  

·      Strong team player 

 

To qualify for this role, you must have 

·       3 years’ experience in financial crime gained either through a consultancy, a financial services firm or software vendor 

·      Practical experience in financial services technology in one or more of banking, capital markets, insurance or asset management 

·      Demonstrated ability to work through all phases of the technology lifecycle, such as requirements definition, architecture design, conversion and testing  

·      Experience in any of the following solution areas: AML (KYC and/or Transaction Monitoring), Sanctions, Market Abuse 

·       Experience in data analysis and using data to solve complex business problems 

 

Ideally, you’ll also have 

·      Practical experience in some of the following areas: transaction monitoring systems, payment and customer screening (Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media), list management, workflow tools, financial crime risk models 

·      Experience with one or more financial crime technology solution providers such as: Ancoa, Apama, BAE Systems, FircoSoft, Fiserv, IBM, LexisNexis, NICE Actimize, Oracle, Palantir, Pega, SWIFT, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer 

·      Experience with data tools, for example: AbInitio, Cloudera, Hadoop (and other Big Data solutions), Informatica, MarkLogic, Qlikview, SAS, Spotfire, Tableau, Teradata  

·       Experience of developing sales collateral such as proposal responses 

·      A technical degree or technical qualification 

·      A compliance qualification (e.g. CAMS, ICA Diploma) 

 

What we look for  

  

We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That’s naturally entrepreneurial people that feed on the energy of a thriving global team. You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you’ve got big ideas, as well as the confidence to voice them, this role is for you. 

  

What working at EY offers   

  

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.  

  

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.