Workstream lead - KYC (m/f/d)
Posted 1 week ago by Emagine
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
United Kingdom, London
Summary: The Workstream Lead – KYC role at emagine involves overseeing the delivery of complex KYC and data-driven projects within a highly regulated financial services environment. The position requires a blend of program management expertise and technical knowledge in data modeling and governance, aimed at ensuring compliance and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will facilitate collaboration across various teams, driving the adoption of innovative technologies to enhance KYC processes. This contract position is based in London and offers a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of KYC and data-driven projects, ensuring timely execution, regulatory compliance, and high-quality outcomes.
- Manage cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration between KYC operations, compliance stakeholders, business owners, and technical/data teams.
- Define and oversee KYC-specific data governance, customer data modeling, and source system integration aligned with CDD/EDD standards.
- Drive the adoption of technologies supporting KYC, such as onboarding automation tools, adverse media/sanctions screening integrations, ETL pipelines, and data lake architectures.
- Ensure compliance with AML, CTF, GDPR, and other data privacy regulations across KYC processes.
- Establish and manage strong RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) frameworks, ensuring clear articulation to senior stakeholders.
- Engage directly with business, compliance, and technical stakeholders, confidently driving specific topics and decision-making forums.
- Act as a bridge between technical and business teams, translating complex KYC and data concepts into actionable insights to improve operational efficiency, customer due diligence, and risk assessment processes.
Key Skills:
- Strong KYC expertise with a solid understanding of onboarding, customer data structures, and regulatory expectations.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale transformation initiatives within financial services; experience in a global bank setting highly preferred.
- Proven delivery management skills as a Project Manager leading cross-functional data or KYC projects.
- Strong competency in RAID management, risk mitigation, and issue escalation.
- Technically conversant with data architecture, ETL processes, big data platforms, and real-time data processing, without needing to be hands-on coding.
- Expertise in data modeling, data governance frameworks, normalization principles, and database optimization for large datasets.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams with senior stakeholder interaction.
- Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Previous experience working with financial crime/fraud compliance data, KYC data platforms, or onboarding solutions is highly desirable.
Salary (Rate): 700
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT