AML/ KYC – Risk and Compliance – Principal

Infosys

4d•$154,375 - $193,125

About The Position

Infosys Consulting is seeking a Principal specializing in financial crimes, AML, KYC/CDD, transaction screening, surveillance, and monitoring. The Principal leads and manages consulting engagements, taking responsibility for delivery quality, budget, staffing, and client relationships. The role leads large business and IT change programs, develops practical strategies and implementation roadmaps, and advises clients on anti-financial-crime strategies and use cases. It also contributes to firm growth through practice development, thought leadership, people management, and business development. The Principal works with client stakeholders and global consulting, IT, and subject-matter teams to establish business and functional requirements, translate them into project initiatives and metrics, and coordinate across business, IT, senior management, vendors, and regulatory functions. Responsibilities include assessing regulatory impacts, documenting requirements, designing data maps for reporting, managing project execution and communications, and proactively addressing engagement risks. The position also coaches junior colleagues, contributes to training and service offerings, supports sales pursuits, and develops senior client relationships. The role is based in Richardson, Texas, and may require travel up to 100% depending on client requirements. The work involves sitting and using a computer for extended periods, as well as communicating by telephone, email, or face to face. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

At least 10 years of Financial Services experience, including at least 5 years in Financial Crimes, AML, KYC, CDD, transaction screening, surveillance, or monitoring.
Expertise in anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, screening, surveillance, KYC, FIU investigations, and suspicious activity reporting (SAR).
Experience implementing one or more anti-financial-crime tools, such as Actimize, Fenergo, C3 AI, Oracle FCCM, Fircosoft, or LexisNexis.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent, or three years of relevant work experience in lieu of each year of education.
Demonstrated ability to define, mobilize, and deliver complex change programs in large organizations.
Strong background leading teams that include IT and business specialists.
Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions and develop supporting business cases with commercial acumen.
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills and ability to build relationships with senior management and CXO-level stakeholders.
Successful business development history, including exposure to the various aspects of a typical sales cycle.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 100%, depending on client requirements.
Authorization to work in the United States for any employer without employer-based visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
Experience deploying machine learning and advanced technologies, including analytics, to reduce false positives or automate alert disposition.
Experience leading programs where stakeholder engagement is key to successful delivery.
Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints.
Ability to collaborate within the firm and leverage existing resources.
Thought leadership and ability to conceptualize, drive, and take new solution or service offerings to market.
Ability and willingness to work in cross-cultural teams and support multiple time zones when necessary.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery of large business and IT change programs.
Manage engagement quality, budget, staffing, and client relationships.
Lead teams in developing practical strategies, roadmaps, and re-engineering recommendations with clear implementation paths.
Elicit client input, define long-term anti-financial-crime visions and strategies, and advise on use cases using industry best practices.
Direct consulting, IT, and subject-matter teams in establishing business and functional requirements and translating them into actionable initiatives and metrics.
Coordinate between business, IT, senior management, vendors, and other change-program participants.
Conduct interviews, workshops, and walkthroughs to elicit and document anti-financial-crime requirements, including transaction surveillance, KYC/CDD, case management and workflow, sanctions and watchlist screening, and 314A/B.
Interpret U.S. financial regulatory directives and identify impacted organizational processes.
Work with business, first-line-of-defense, compliance risk management, and regulatory affairs functions to assess regulatory impacts on policies, risks, and controls.
Gather and analyze requirements and processes, and design data maps to meet regulatory reporting needs.
Collaborate on regulatory change programs across client and Infosys teams.
Manage end-to-end project execution and stakeholder communications, proactively identifying engagement risks and recommending remediation.
Provide insights on emerging technologies and best practices and contribute to service-offering development.
Support thought leadership, develop innovative assets and methodologies, prepare thought papers, and participate in industry conferences and forums.
Build professional networks and contribute to practice growth through recruitment, training, and retention activities.
Coach and develop junior team members and participate in practice training.
Lead small and medium sales pursuits, develop client proposals, and formulate commercial constructs and contracts.
Build relationships with senior management and CXO-level stakeholders.
Formulate and present Infosys Consulting propositions and service offerings.