SME / Delivery Lead – AML Sanctions Monitoring Transformation (She/He/They)

 

 

CAPCO POLAND

*We are looking for Poland based candidates*

Capco Poland is a leading global technology and management consultancy, dedicated to driving digital transformation across the financial services industry. Our passion lies in helping our clients navigate the complexities of the financial world, and our expertise spans banking and payments, capital markets, wealth, and asset management. We pride ourselves on maintaining a nimble, agile, and entrepreneurial culture, and we are committed to growing our business by hiring top talent.

For our client, we are seeking a senior SME / Delivery Lead to lead a sanctions monitoring transformation combining process redesign, system modernization, and a pragmatic AI/analytics layer. The objective is to reduce false positives, improve matching quality, and strengthen auditability and regulatory defensibility in a highly regulated environment.

Lead the end-to-end rebuild of sanctions monitoring, covering operational processes, technology, and tuning/remediation, with AI-assisted capabilities that improve efficiency while remaining explainable, auditable, and regulator-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the sanctions screening transformation, including governance, delivery plan, dependencies, vendor coordination, and benefits tracking.

• Define and standardize operational sanctions screening processes; oversee implementation and ensure remediation actions are delivered effectively and on time.

• Establish operating controls, including alert triage models, evidence capture, audit logging, SLA management, and confidentiality standards.

• Provide SME oversight for investigations of potential sanctions matches (name screening), including research, data gathering, and documentation quality.

• Ensure alignment with Polish AML obligations and GIIF-facing expectations, including escalation and reporting discipline.

• Partner with Compliance (1LoD / 2LoD) and business stakeholders to issue opinions on higher-risk relationships or transactions and define risk-based control enhancements.

AI / Analytics Layer

• Drive the introduction of AI/ML-assisted capabilities to reduce false positives and improve matching accuracy, with strong model governance (validation, monitoring, explainability).

• Coordinate goaidataanalyticsproductdesign