Project Manager – AML /KYC

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager – AML /KYC to lead and deliver complex AML, KYC, Financial Crime, and regulatory transformation projects within a banking or financial services environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for end-to-end project delivery, including planning, governance, stakeholder management, risk and issue management, vendor coordination, technology implementation, testing, migration, and production deployment. The role requires strong knowledge of AML, KYC, CDD/EDD, Sanctions/Name Screening, Transaction Monitoring, and banking operations.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Delivery

• Manage end-to-end delivery of AML/KYC projects from initiation through implementation and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, budget, timeline, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish project governance, reporting structures, delivery methodology, and controls.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams across Business, Compliance, Operations, Technology, Risk, Data, and third-party vendors.
• Track project progress against key milestones and provide regular status reporting to senior management.
• Manage project dependencies across internal and external teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and streamline AML/KYC processes.

AML / KYC Domain Responsibilities

• Provide strong project-level understanding of AML, KYC, and Financial Crime processes.
• Lead projects involving:
• Know Your Customer (KYC)
• Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
• Customer Risk Rating
• Sanctions / Name Screening
• Transaction Monitoring
• AML Case Management
• Adverse Media Screening
• Periodic KYC Reviews
• KYC Remediation / Customer Data Refresh
• Financial Crime regulatory initiatives
• Work closely with Compliance and Financial Crime teams to translate regulatory requirements into project deliverables.
• Ensure regulatory, compliance, risk, and audit requirements are incorporated into project scope and implementation.
• Support remediation programmers arising from regulatory findings, audits, risk assessments, or compliance reviews.
• Ensure appropriate controls are established to manage AML/KYC operational and technology risks.
• Act as the primary project contact for business and technology stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, Data, and external vendors.
• Work closely with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, System Analysts, Developers, Data teams, and Technology leads.
• Coordinate implementation of AML/KYC technology solutions and system enhancements.
• Ensure integration requirements, data dependencies, interfaces, and downstream impacts are appropriately managed.
• Coordinate system upgrades, platform implementations, migrations, and regulatory technology changes.
• Ensure technical deliverables remain aligned with approved business and regulatory requirements.
• Manage third-party technology vendors and implementation partners where applicable.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, regression testing, and business validation activities.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Master's degree or relevant professional qualification is advantageous.
• Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is preferred.

Essential Experience

• 10+ years of overall experience in project/programme management, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Significant experience delivering AML/KYC/Financial Crime projects.
• Strong banking experience with exposure to Compliance, Risk, Operations, or Financial Crime functions.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional technology transformation projects.
• Experience managing projects from initiation through design, development, testing, implementation, and closure.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management at business and senior management levels.
• Proven experience managing project risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, timelines, and scope.
• Experience working with Business Analysts, Solution Architects, Technology teams, Operations, Compliance, and vendors.
• Experience supporting SIT, UAT, migration, cutover, and production implementation.