Financial Crime Consultant – Assistant Manager / Manager / Associate Director

Grant Thornton UK-; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consulting firm in Belfast seeks a Financial Crime Compliance Consultant to design and implement solutions for AML and compliance frameworks. You will lead engagements, contribute to regulatory remediation programs, and apply your data analytics skills to prevent financial crimes. Strong interpersonal skills and experience in financial services are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years’ experience in financial crime, compliance, or risk management.
• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks and emerging regulations.
• Experience with financial crime technology platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial crime and compliance engagements.
• Design and implement fraud detection solutions.
• Conduct assurance reviews and gap assessments.

Skills

Financial crime compliance

Risk management

AML and sanctions knowledge

Strong communication skills

Data analytics proficiency

Education

Third level honours degree

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Fenergo

Job description

Job Description & Summary

Join our Financial Services Technology Consulting team, where you will work with leading banks, asset managers, and insurers to design and implement financial crime and compliance solutions. This role combines regulatory expertise with data-driven approaches, helping clients detect, prevent, and respond to risks across AML, sanctions, fraud, and transaction monitoring.

You will work at the intersection of compliance, technology, and operational transformation, supporting both regulatory remediation programmes and strategic financial crime prevention initiatives. Depending on seniority, you will either deliver directly into projects or lead engagements and client relationships.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead or support financial crime and compliance engagements across AML, KYC, Screening and Transaction Monitoring.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of fraud detection and AML monitoring solutions.
• Advise clients on compliance with AML regulations and relevant frameworks, with exposure to emerging regulation such as DORA, PSD3, the AI Act, and GDPR.
• Conduct assurance reviews and gap assessments against regulatory requirements.
• Deliver process improvements and automation to strengthen financial crime operations.
• Prepare technical and regulatory documentation, including risk assessments and control frameworks.
• At senior levels: support business development, client proposals, and thought leadership in financial crime and compliance.

Skills and Experience

Education and Certifications

• A third level honours degree, with a strong academic record.

Skills and Competencies

• 4 –10 years’ experience in financial crime, compliance, or risk management within consulting or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of AML, sanctions, fraud detection, and compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with financial crime technology platforms (e.g., Actime, Fenergo, Oracle FCCM).
• Understanding of data and analytics in financial crime (ability to use SQL, Python, R, or BI tools, or to work effectively with data science teams).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical and regulatory concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience implementing advanced analytics, machine learning, or AI-enabled solutions for fraud detection or AML monitoring.
• Knowledge of emerging regulations (e.g., AI Act, PSD3, DORA) and their impact on financial crime frameworks.
• Professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA, CFE, or equivalent.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Reward

and benefits

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Recognition

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

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