Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an accomplished Senior AML Functional Consultant to advise banking and financial services organizations on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), and customer onboarding work. The role calls for a consultant who can lead client conversations, shape business solutions, recommend practical approaches, and help deliver implementation programs successfully.

This is a client-facing consulting assignment that requires deep domain knowledge, strong solution design ability, good stakeholder handling, and excellent communication.

Work Location and Engagement

This position is remote and can be performed from India, Singapore, Malaysia, or any other location. The engagement is on a consultant / contract basis. The selected consultant must be willing to travel to Singapore as needed for client meetings, workshops, solution discussions, and project delivery tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Facilitate requirement-gathering workshops with business and compliance teams.
Advise on AML, KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and customer onboarding processes.
Create target-state business and technology solution designs.
Assess current-state and future-state process gaps and document the findings.
Prepare business solution documents, functional specifications, and process flows.
Serve as a trusted advisor on regulatory compliance and onboarding transformation initiatives.
Work closely with business, technology, compliance, and vendor stakeholders.
Assist with implementation, testing, UAT, and deployment activities.
Contribute to pre-sales discussions, RFP responses, and solution presentations when needed.
Guide project teams and mentor junior consultants.

Required Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate should bring more than 10 years of experience in banking and financial services, along with practical exposure to AML, KYC, customer onboarding, CDD, EDD, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring. Prior success in business consulting and solution design is important, as is the ability to work directly with clients and senior stakeholders. You should be comfortable running workshops, gathering requirements, presenting solutions, and converting business needs into clear functional and solution designs. Strong communication and presentation skills are essential.

Preferred Background

Experience with AML/KYC platforms such as Fenergo, Actimize, FircoSoft, Oracle FCCM, or SAS AML.
Exposure to regulators and compliance teams.
Previous consulting work with global banks or financial institutions.
Familiarity with MAS, FATF, and international AML regulations.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Background as a Senior Consultant, Solution Architect, or Business Consultant.
Strong banking industry knowledge.
Comfortable engaging with senior business leaders and compliance stakeholders.
Able to operate independently in a remote consulting setup.
Flexible to travel to Singapore whenever the project demands it.