Functional Project Manager, Banking Compliance (1-year renewable contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of functional projects and system enhancements within the banking compliance domain, particularly AML, KYC, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring.
• Work closely with Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Risk, and Technology stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into functional requirements and project deliverables.
• Drive project planning, scope definition, requirements gathering, timeline management, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions with business users to identify process gaps, define business requirements, and propose functional solutions.
• Manage the implementation, enhancement, and integration of compliance systems, including AML/KYC platforms, transaction monitoring solutions, and Firco screening systems.
• Coordinate with technical teams, vendors, and system integrators to ensure solutions meet business and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee functional design, business process mapping, workflow configuration, and solution validation.
• Manage SIT, UAT, defect tracking, and resolution, ensuring solutions meet agreed business requirements before deployment.
• Coordinate business readiness activities, including test preparation, user training, documentation, and implementation planning.
• Monitor project progress, manage risks and issues, resolve delivery dependencies, and provide regular updates to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and established governance standards.
• Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies across compliance-related functions and workflows.
• Support post-implementation activities, including production stabilisation, issue resolution, and stakeholder handover.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in project management, business analysis, or functional delivery within banking or financial services.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end functional projects within the banking compliance or financial crime domain.
• Strong understanding of at least one or more of the following areas:

- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC).

-Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD).

-Transaction Monitoring and suspicious activity detection.

-Sanctions screening and name screening.

-Financial crime compliance and regulatory remediation.

• Experience working with compliance platforms or solutions such as Firco, Firco Continuity, AML transaction monitoring systems, or KYC platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong functional knowledge of banking compliance processes, workflows, and regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability to gather and translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution designs.
• Experience managing stakeholders across Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Risk, Technology, and external vendors.
• Hands-on experience with project delivery activities, including requirements gathering, functional design, SIT/UAT, defect management, implementation, and post-production support.
• Strong project management skills, including scope, schedule, budget, resource, risk, and issue management.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies and project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive delivery in a complex, fast-paced banking environment.