Careers

Location

London, GB

Job Term

Full-Time

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The Opportunity

 

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our Financial Crime team to successfully build and grow our Featurespace’s reputation in the EMEA Financial Crime market.

In your role as Financial Crime Subject Matter Expert (SME) you will deliver success on behalf of our customers by acting as an evangelist and mediator internally and externally, bridging the gap between external stakeholders and internal teams to help us achieve our business goals. By having a detailed understanding of the Financial Crime Compliance and Financial Services market, and apply that knowledge to our solution, you will be working to ensure we can make a difference to our customer’s business and regulatory needs.

Providing subject matter expertise and solving problem statements relating to AML & Financial Crime, from sales to delivery, you will be responsible for driving product innovation and proposing platform developments through your analysis and knowledge of the AML & Financial Crime market, building a relationship with the regulators, and representing Featurespace at events, speaking publicly and publishing thought leadership pieces, and working with the marketing team to build eminence in the market.

 

Day to Day

 
  • Gathering and analysing industry/business requirements/market position/market coverage/market opportunity by working closely with the Market Analysts.
  • Working closely with Product Management to represent the customer requirements, and to deliver new product designs and features to improve the platform.
  • Communicating with internal/external customers and Regulators to identify opportunities in the market where our core proposition adds value.
  • Assessment of how the platform can be tailored/configured to optimise customers needs; providing feedback and recommendations back to business stakeholders (Product development/Marketing/Delivery).
  • Represent and attend industry events as a Subject Matter Expert, to help drive awareness of AML and Financial Crime and how our product can help solve business problems.
  • Assisting the commercial team in customer meetings at all levels, and inclusive of working closely with the pre-sales team ensuring customer requirements and product “fit” are aligned.
  • Work directly with customers late in the sales process and during initial delivery, to map out and understand their current processes, available data and how this applies to our platform and the business problem they are looking to solve.
  • Work with clients post implementation to optimise their operations and ensuring they are obtaining maximum benefit from using our solution.
  • Using your knowledge of the AML & Financial Crime industry and product to build out generic templates that can be used as a guide for customer engagements.
  • Work with clients on how to measure success criteria for PoCs and strategic projects.

 

You will be given full product training and supported by the business in your future career progression; we are looking for a proactive problem solver with great leadership and communication skills, as there is plenty of opportunity for you to take ownership of your work and deliver real product improvement.

About you

 
 

Must haves:

  • Proven experience working within Financial Institutions in AML & Financial Crime
  • Sound understanding of AML & Financial Crime technology and end to end Financial Crime prevention management
  • Sound understanding of regulatory and compliance landscape and requirements
  • Experience of Monitoring Systems
  • Good understanding of model governance
  • Knowledge of the global Financial Crime market, competitive landscape and related dynamics
  • Ability to understand complex problems and provide solutions
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) are also essential, as you will be working with various technical and non-technical stakeholders throughout the business
  • Excellent presentation skills and ability to present to large audiences and C-level stakeholders
  • Highly organised and detail oriented with good writing, verbal, communication skills, people skills and concern for high standards
  • Ability to take on a varied and busy workload with a proven track record for delivery.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Great to haves:

  • Experience working alongside a commercial or technical team
  • Understanding of AML & Financial Crime technology, basic statistics and Machine Learning techniques would be beneficial but as a minimum a passion for AML & Financial Crime technology and prevention specifically in Financial  Services
  • Strong ability to engage with different roles in the internal business such as sales, accounts, technical, industry experts
  • Publications of thought leadership pieces
 

 

Personal Qualities

 

The work is often challenging and fast paced. We are looking for someone who has the following qualities:

  • Commitment to delivering success on behalf of our customers
  • A focus on personal achievement and responsibilities
  • Enjoys working as a team and desire to share expertise and help develop the people around you
  • Enthusiasm to work for one of the fastest growing fraud and financial crime prevention technologies in the world
  • Attention to detail and timely delivery

 

And most importantly, a small-company attitude: willingness to adapt to a variable role, and a great can-do attitude.

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