Capitex
11 - 50 employees
💸 Finance
📋 Compliance
🎯 Recruiter
Finance • Compliance • Recruitment
Capitex is a specialist provider of anti-financial crime staffing and solutions. The company offers both interim and permanent staffing solutions, deploying tactical teams for financial crime compliance resources. With a proven track record in areas such as KYC, AML, fraud, and transaction monitoring, Capitex operates a flexible and scalable resource model to support time-critical projects. Led by Founder and Group CEO Tyler Sullivan, Capitex ensures a reliable and cost-efficient solution for clients through its experienced team. Based in London and Dubai, the company provides a full turn-key solution including outsourcing processes like staff deployment, training, and logistical support.
PEP Screening and Strategy Lead
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🕒 March 18
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Capitex
11 - 50 employees
💸 Finance
📋 Compliance
🎯 Recruiter
Finance • Compliance • Recruitment
Capitex is a specialist provider of anti-financial crime staffing and solutions. The company offers both interim and permanent staffing solutions, deploying tactical teams for financial crime compliance resources. With a proven track record in areas such as KYC, AML, fraud, and transaction monitoring, Capitex operates a flexible and scalable resource model to support time-critical projects. Led by Founder and Group CEO Tyler Sullivan, Capitex ensures a reliable and cost-efficient solution for clients through its experienced team. Based in London and Dubai, the company provides a full turn-key solution including outsourcing processes like staff deployment, training, and logistical support.
📋 Description
• Drive comprehensive initiatives to strengthen PEP screening capabilities across all regions, ensuring detection and risk mitigation objectives align with regulatory expectations while maintaining seamless customer experiences. • Collaborate with **First Line of Defense**, product management, engineering, and business units to develop strategic frameworks and roadmaps for global PEP screening initiatives. • Oversee the complete development lifecycle of PEP screening solutions—from concept through implementation—ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance alignment. • Analyze and interpret emerging regulatory requirements, working closely with regional **MLROs** to establish clear **Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)** and translate guidance into actionable, data-driven solutions. • Partner with engineering teams to implement regulatory changes and system enhancements across production environments. • Work with advisory and regional policy teams to refine PEP list definitions and classification criteria, ensuring comprehensive risk coverage. • Conduct advanced data exploration and statistical analysis to identify inefficiencies in screening workflows, providing actionable recommendations for process improvements. • Analyze large-scale datasets to extract meaningful insights, develop recommendations, and present findings that drive business decisions. • Provide **technical mentorship** and **business guidance** to junior data scientists, fostering team capability and development. • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure real-time integration and deployment of analytical solutions, maintaining reliability and performance standards.
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum of **5 years** of relevant professional experience and a **Bachelor’s degree** (or equivalent experience). • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of **five years’ experience** in sanctions transaction screening, PEP and negative news screening, or AML, including at least **three years in data analytics or data science**. • In-depth understanding of **PEP screening and sanctions programs** administered by regulators such as **OFAC, EU, UN, CSSF**, and related adjacency risks. • Proficiency in **SQL (Google Cloud BigQuery)**, **Python (Pandas, Numpy, PySpark)**, **R**, **Tableau**, and **Power BI**. • Strong data manipulation, profiling, and analysis skills; familiarity with **Lexis Nexis WorldCompliance+** data source. • Experience with **Hadoop**, **Hive**, **Jupyter Notebooks**, and **data warehouse environments** highly desirable. • Excellent **written and verbal communication** skills, capable of translating analytical insights into actionable business recommendations. • Proven ability to design and implement **data-driven compliance solutions** for complex global operations. • Strong intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, and comfort navigating ambiguity. • Advanced research, analytical, and project leadership skills with solid business acumen. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a **fast-paced, global environment**. • Skilled in presenting complex quantitative analyses clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
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