Principal Consultant - Financial Crime, Risk, Regulation and Finance Function

Overview

Principal Consultant for Capco's Financial Crime, Risk, Regulation and Finance capability, advising financial institutions on financial crime risk management and delivering transformation across AML/KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions and Fraud.

What you'll do

• Support clients in achieving compliance with regulatory obligations, including remediation and response to regulatory reviews.
• Transform and automate financial crime, sanctions and fraud operating models and processes through the implementation of new technologies (e.g. AI).
• Analyse clients' capabilities and find opportunities to save costs and improve risk management through innovation within existing anti-financial crime and anti-fraud functions.
• Assess, benchmark and re-design financial crime and fraud target operating models and controls, identifying weaknesses and proposing improvements.
• Support clients in dealing with operational backlogs (e.g. KYC files and alerts).
• Source and implement technology solutions for KYC, TM, Sanctions and Fraud.
• Balance client delivery with supporting development of new client opportunities or market propositions and proactive sales efforts within the Financial Crime team.
• Mentor and coach other members of the team (senior level candidates).
• Develop solutions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to enhance existing propositions and develop new ones.
• Build and lead a team of consultants with the right mix of grades, skills and experience to support client opportunities and projected growth (people management).
• Develop, drive and convert a pipeline of opportunities and lead on RFP responses.
• Fulfil a key role in account and proposition development within Market Domains and Key Client Accounts, assisting senior management to increase revenue.
• Formulate propositions and solutions that meet client requirements, managing and directing pursuit activity.
• Drive thought leadership and client campaigns.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships within the sector, leveraging industry content and delivery capability.

What you'll need

• A good understanding of the wider picture of financial crime, sanctions and fraud, including regulatory requirements, risk assessment, KYC, and how all components interrelate across the three lines of defence.
• Experience of delivering automation and transformation using AI.
• Experience with financial crime tooling and processes (risk assessment, screening, transaction monitoring, KYC/CDD) and fraud (detection, prevention, response).
• Experience with sanctions regimes, including tooling and processes.
• Strong change management experience and prior success as a management consultant or within a change role in a financial services institution.
• Proven expertise delivering change and leading transformation programmes.
• An understanding of key market, global and regulatory drivers shaping financial crime and the wider industry, and the ability to articulate opportunities for consulting firms to support the industry.
• Self-starter and strong team player.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an analytical mind-set.
• Demonstrable expertise in building and leveraging relationships.
• Ability to face off to key stakeholders with strong credibility, and to present to a wide range of stakeholders from AVP to senior MDs.
• Strong bid management abilities, with a proven ability to mentor and train consultants.

Nice to have

• Agile certifications.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Role works across all types of financial institutions and as part of a long-term strategic partnership with clients.