Job Description

Start

ASAP

Duration

> 12 months

Workstream Lead - KYC

London

Contract

700p/d


emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.



We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.



We are seeking a Workstream Lead with a strong KYC competency and large-scale transformation delivery experience, preferably gained within a global bank. This role will focus on driving the successful delivery of complex data initiatives within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.


The ideal consultant will combine programme management expertise with deep knowledge of data modeling, big data architectures, and strong project/program management capabilities. We are looking for someone technically conversant who can effectively bridge business, compliance, and technical discussions.

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 & Experience:

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.

Our people

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.


The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.


We pride ourselves on;

Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose. Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development. Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model Investing in employees' growth through ongoing training and development Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.

Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients' most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:

Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation

Interested?

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.



If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.

"emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin"