Senior Sanctions & AI Screening Consultant

SymphonyAI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SymphonyAI is seeking an experienced Senior Business Consultant specializing in sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening to join our advisory team in London. You will support financial institutions by leveraging SymphonyAI solutions to enhance customer and transaction screening against global watchlists and regulatory requirements.

You will design and implement AI-powered screening, tailor solutions to client needs, and drive improvements in detection accuracy and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a business analyst or consultant within financial crime, compliance, risk, or related regulatory domains.
• Strong capability in gathering, analysing, and translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications for compliance solutions.
• Experience leading workshops, facilitating cross functional discussions, and managing stakeholder expectations across compliance, IT, operations, and product teams.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end financial crime processes (onboarding, KYC, screening, monitoring, case management).
• Hands on experience contributing to design, delivery, or optimisation of technology solutions in the FinCrime or compliance space.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to assess current state and define future state workflows.
• Excellent communication skills to present recommendations, document requirements, and support implementations.
• Self-motivated, organised, and comfortable in consulting/client facing environments.

Responsibilities

• Client Advisory: Work directly with clients to understand their sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening requirements and translate them into effective, technology-driven solutions.
• Screening Expertise: Advise on best practices for customer screening and transaction screening against global watchlists, including onboarding, periodic reviews, and ongoing monitoring.
• AI Integration: Champion the use of predictive AI and generative AI technologies to improve screening accuracy, reduce false positives, and enhance operational productivity.
• Solution Design: Configure and optimize SymphonyAI sanctions screening solutions to align with client regulatory obligations and operational objectives.
• Detection Tuning: Assist and lead tuning detection parameters and thresholds to balance regulatory compliance, business efficiency, and effectiveness, including validation and calibration based on client needs.
• Product Enablement: Support clients in maximising product features, and guide on leveraging AI-driven screening. Feedback into product teams for enhancements based on client feedback.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise cross-functionally with client teams (compliance, IT, operations) and internally with product, engineering, and data science teams.
• Regulatory Alignment: Keep abreast of evolving sanctions regulations and screening best practices to advise clients proactively.
• Training & Enablement: Deliver training, documentation, and ongoing support for client teams using screening products and associated tools.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Requirements gathering

Analytical thinking

Client facing

Tools

WorldCheck

Dow Jones

Job description

SymphonyAI is seeking an experienced Senior Business Consultant specializing in sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening to join our advisory team in London. You will support financial institutions by leveraging SymphonyAI solutions to enhance customer and transaction screening against global watchlists and regulatory requirements.

You will design and implement AI-powered screening, tailor solutions to client needs, and drive improvements in detection accuracy and efficiency.