Solution Architect – KYC / Financial Crime / Credit Risk
Posted 2 days ago by Robert Half
£100 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
United Kingdom
Summary: The Compliance Solution Architect role focuses on designing and implementing solutions for KYC, Financial Crime, and Credit Risk within a UK financial services program. The position requires collaboration with risk, compliance, and engineering teams to create scalable and compliant architectures in a regulated banking environment. The role demands a strong understanding of regulatory requirements and hands-on experience in solution design. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in financial services, particularly in compliance and risk domains.
Key Responsibilities:
- Hands-on solution design (HLDs, LLDs, integration patterns)
- Translating regulatory and risk requirements into technical architecture
- Supporting delivery teams through design assurance and governance
- Working within complex, regulated financial services environments
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect within Financial Services
- Strong exposure to KYC, Financial Crime, and/or Credit Risk domains
- Comfortable operating in regulated banking environments
- Ability to work UK hours
Salary (Rate): £100.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Compliance Solution Architect – KYC / Financial Crime / Credit Risk
I’m supporting a UK financial services programme looking for an experienced Compliance-focused Solution Architect to support architecture and design across KYC, Financial Crime, and Credit Risk platforms. This role sits at the intersection of technology, regulation, and delivery , working closely with risk, compliance, and engineering teams to design scalable, compliant solutions within a regulated banking environment.
Contract Details
Rate: £700 per day plus 12.07% holiday pay
Engagement: PAYE (with employer’s NI & tax deducted at source – unlike umbrella companies and no umbrella company admin fees)
Location: UK (hybrid / remote)
Start: ASAP
Key Areas of Experience
- KYC / Customer Due Diligence (CDD / EDD) platforms and onboarding journeys
- Financial Crime systems including AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud controls
- Credit Risk architecture including decisioning flows, risk engines, controls and data lineage
- Strong understanding of regulatory drivers (e.g. AML, PSD2, GDPR, FCA expectations)
- Integration-led design across APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Experience working alongside Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Engineering teams
Role Expectations
- Hands-on solution design (HLDs, LLDs, integration patterns)
- Translating regulatory and risk requirements into technical architecture
- Supporting delivery teams through design assurance and governance
- Working within complex, regulated financial services environments
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect within Financial Services
- Strong exposure to KYC, Financial Crime, and/or Credit Risk domains
- Comfortable operating in regulated banking environments
- Ability to work UK hours
If you’ve architected compliance or risk platforms inside a bank and can balance regulatory demands with delivery pragmatism, get in touch.