AFC Technology – Data and/or Records Team Lead

Job Title: AFC Technology – Data and/or Records Team Lead

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

• The Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime (C-AFC) Divisional Data Office (DDO) sits within Anti-Financial-Crime (AFC) Technology – a 1000-person organization responsible for ~€90m annual change book of work across London and Bangalore to align with our businesses. 
• The key responsibility for the C-AFC DDO is to partner with the C-AFC functions to deliver data and platforms to cover a wide range of Compliance and Financial Crime Risk Controls, including Transaction Monitoring, Trade Surveillance, Employee Compliance, Name List Screening, Transaction Screening and others.  
• Reporting within the C-AFC Data Office, you lead complex data transformation and governance initiatives across C-AFC, driving strategic outcomes across data management, controls, lineage, data quality and regulatory remediation. Act as a senior advisor to business, technology and data leaders, shaping solutions and influencing delivery across multiple programmes. A key element of your role will be to support the build and management of the delivery function across C-AFC DDO. 

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

•  Compliance and AFC data leadership: Direct the team’s analysis and delivery of data management and governance initiatives supporting Compliance and AFC controls. Ensure that outputs are accurate, complete, timely and supported by appropriate evidence, and that material data risks, issues and dependencies are addressed or escalated promptly.
• Project and programme delivery: Lead the local team’s contribution to complex, cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional regulatory remediation and strategic data and technology initiatives. Translate programme objectives into clear work packages, milestones and resource plans; manage dependencies, risks and delivery quality; and coordinate with global programme leads to achieve sustainable outcomes aligned with Group objectives.
• Team leadership and development: Banglaore Team Lead. Coach and mentor the local team of data analysts, setting clear objectives, allocating work, reviewing performance and providing regular feedback in conjunction with C-AFC DDO senior leadership. Build capability through structured development and knowledge sharing, and create an inclusive, accountable environment in which the team can meet organisational and regulatory commitments.
• Analysis and solution design: Provide oversight and quality assurance for discovery, data analysis, requirements definition, process and data-flow mapping, and target-state solution design. Ensure that recommendations are evidence-based, traceable to business and regulatory requirements, and translated into practical implementation plans.
• Senior stakeholder engagement and communication: Build trusted relationships across Compliance, AFC, Technology and Divisional Data teams. Provide concise updates, communicate complex issues clearly to senior leaders, regulatory, technical and non-technical audiences, and influence decisions and secure alignment across functions and jurisdictions.
• Analysis and problem solving: Apply deep analytical thinking to complex data, governance and delivery challenges, breaking down ambiguous problems, identifying root causes, assessing options and developing pragmatic, evidence-based solutions – able to be across several disparate data domains within C-AFC.

Your skills and experience

• Financial services, Compliance and AFC experience: Significant experience (10+ years) in a regulated financial services environment, including substantial experience in Compliance and/or Anti-Financial Crime and a strong understanding of the associated regulatory, risk and control environment.
• Project and programme delivery: Extensive experience working within complex projects and programmes across large, multi-jurisdictional organisations, including regulated remediation and strategic data and technology transformations. Strong command of scope, governance, planning, dependencies, risks, resources, execution and sustainable outcomes.
• Team leadership and development: 5+ years’ experience leading and managing junior resources, setting clear priorities, coaching and mentoring individuals, and fostering an inclusive and accountable environment that enables teams to achieve organisational objectives.
• Senior stakeholder leadership: Proven ability to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, influence decisions, constructively challenge, navigate competing priorities and secure alignment across functions and jurisdictions.
• Communication and collaboration: Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex matters clearly to executive, regulatory, technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across business, Compliance, AFC, technology and data teams.
• Strategic judgement and accountability: Ability to structure ambiguous problems, make pragmatic risk-based decisions, translate strategy into executable recommendations, take ownership of outcomes and maintain delivery momentum under pressure.
• Data governance and business analysis: Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, lineage and controls, supported by experience in process analysis, requirements definition, solution design and target operating model development.  DAMA CDMP or similar certification is highly desired.
• Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Copilot and Sharepoint; familiarity with data analysis, visualisation or governance tools such as Excel, SQL, Tableau or Collibra would be advantageous. 

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

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