FinCrime Strategy & Detection Lead

Story Terrace Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morse is seeking a Financial Crime Strategy and Product Lead to own the roadmap for detecting and preventing fraud, money laundering, and sanctions risk across our markets. You will translate regulatory obligations into a prioritised plan and build scalable detection tooling with engineering while partnering with compliance to manage activity on our platform.

This is a data-driven role requiring hands-on experience with fraud typologies, strong SQL skills, and the ability to lead

Qualifications

• Must have a data-driven approach with strong SQL experience.
• Proven track record in financial crime or fraud research and detection.
• Experience building or shaping detection platforms with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments in US/EU/UK.

Responsibilities

• Own the financial crime roadmap and prioritise buildables.
• Manage rulesets and controls with data-driven decisions.
• Define detection platform requirements and collaborate with engineering.
• Lead deep-dive investigations into suspected fraud and financial crime.
• Design countermeasures for evolving typologies across markets.
• Collaborate with product, data, operations, and compliance.
• Define metrics and reporting to show risk and performance.

Skills

Data-driven decision making

SQL or similar

Analytical thinking

Financial crime knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Tools

SQL

Job description

Morse is seeking a Financial Crime Strategy and Product Lead to own the roadmap for detecting and preventing fraud, money laundering, and sanctions risk across our markets. You will translate regulatory obligations into a prioritised plan and build scalable detection tooling with engineering while partnering with compliance to manage activity on our platform.

This is a data-driven role requiring hands-on experience with fraud typologies, strong SQL skills, and the ability to lead