Associate Director Financial Crime Technology

BeyondFS helps financial institutions build high-performing Financial Crime programmes that reduce risk satisfy regulators and run efficiently.

Clients turn to us when their change or remediation programmes arent delivering effectively or fast enough when new regulations arise or when they need clearer insight into their risks and stronger capability to manage them. We apply proven practical methods that restore confidence regain control build momentum and deliver the results clients need.

In recent years weve grown rapidly building a team of senior FinCrime specialists with deep credibility across financial crime change delivery and risk and advisory services. We are in the fortunate position to benefit from the wider industry shift away from large and established consultancies to agile and focused firms that can deliver true value at pace.

By rolling up our sleeves and working alongside client teams we make Financial Crime programmes stronger more efficient and able to sustain results long after weve gone.

The Opportunity

Are you ready to join an ambitious consultancy where you will experience both autonomy to develop client relationships own sales opportunities and deliver high-quality work Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are curious to learn and be part of the growth and success of a scaling consultancy If so we want to hear from you!

As a leader of our business you will have the opportunity to work on challenging and innovative projects and help shape and build our company as we grow. We are not for the faint-hearted and you will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced customer and people-first return you can expect to join a supportive collaborative team who genuinely care about each other and like to have fun along the way. You will be working alongside some of the best consultants in the industry where everyone takes pride in celebrating both individual and most importantly collective success.

What are we are looking for

We are looking for an Associate Director to join our team who will act as an inspiring leader within a fast-growing financial crime consulting business. You will:

• Shape develop and grow BeyondFS propositions.
• Directly contribute to BeyondFS sales and business development through achieving your own targets.
• Lead and deliver our complex transformation programmes grow our client accounts.
• Contribute towards recruitment objectives and other people-related activities.
• Lead and manage internal projects.

Like every member of our team enhancing our company culture will be a core part of your role we want all of our consultants to be a role model to others in the business regardless of grade. Being a consultant at BeyondFS isnt the easy option you will be part of a growth journey and that takes commitment. However it is hugely rewarding and offers a massive opportunity for growth to those who join us.

Our core values are an honest reflection of who we are and how we deliver everything we do.

If you thrive in a sales-focused role are passionate about delivery and leading from the front and want to be part of an exciting journey shaping BeyondFS future we would love to hear from you!

Successful candidates should be able to evidence:

• 10 years in financial services within banking and consulting with exposure to a large range of products and geographies.
• Proven experience in building leading developing and motivating technology teams in the financial crime space.
• Experience in designing and delivering target state architectures that align with the business strategy and vision. Including the ability to do so across the full enterprise scope people processes data applications controls.
• Acumen with the typical technologies and solutions using by 1^st line financial crime non-financial regulatory or closely associated operational functions.
• Ability to evaluate technology solutions and understand if/how they can be optimised for greater performance and effectiveness.
• An interest and practical understanding of emerging models and technologies and how they can be used to better detect and prevent financial crime including how to secure confidence of key stakeholders and sponsors.
• Demonstrable expertise in building and leading effective technology programmes using varied methodologies and frameworks from traditional to agile that are most appropriate for the task at hand.
• Deep understanding of how to effectively assess current technology with a view to helping our clients to select and implement the most appropriate vendors and tools in the Financial Crime space.
• Senior-level stakeholder engagement including C-suite relationship building and sponsorship management.
• Demonstrable sales origination and client development experience including securing and expanding key accounts.
• Track record in shaping and growing consulting practices including go-to-market strategies and internal development.
• Team leadership and people development including coaching training and recruiting consulting teams.

Skillset

• Excellent communicator with a passion for unlocking the value of technology able to effectively communicate complex ideas to non-technical audiences.
• Credible technology leader and strategist.
• Technology programme management.
• Expert in technical business analysis and requirements generation.
• Proficient with key tools frameworks platforms vendor solutions e.g. Actimize Fenergo Quantexa Atlassian cloud LLMs.
• Enterprise architecture.
• Financial Crime domain knowledge (TM KYC etc.) key regulatory frameworks and typical money laundering typologies.
• AI model and related technology design.
• Model validation and explainability including tuning calibration reporting.
• Practical understanding of delivering change in complex multi-disciplinary environments.

Remuneration and benefits

You will be recognised and rewarded with:

• Competitive renumeration: This is made up of a base salary from 105k depending on experience up to 10% sales bonus up to 10% bonus based on company and up to 10% personal performance (up to 30% in total).
• Leave: 25 days holiday increasing by a day for each year in service to a total of 29 days (plus we will give you your birthday off)
• Additional leave: you can buy extra days up to a maximum of 30 per year
• Flexible benefits: 3000 annual allowance from day one of employment for you to allocate as you wish. Choose from benefits such as private medical insurance critical illness cover buy additional holiday or take the amount as extra cash if you prefer and electric car and ride to work schemes available on successful completion of your probationary period.
• A structured training approach
• Pension scheme
• Family: enhanced pay for maternity adoption and paternity leave.

Where are we located

Our culture and team spirit are a key part of who we are and the business we all want to be part of. We encourage all of our team to collaborate and share knowledge working from our office whenever possible. We work in our serviced office space in London with client-based working when needed. We ensure a well-stocked fridge (including non-alcoholic alternatives!) fruit snacks and treats. Fortunately we are also surrounded by quality coffee shops lunch spots and post-work options addition BeyondFS colleagues have access to all six One Avenue Group spaces across London.

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