Financial Crime Solution Architect

Financial Crime Solution Architect (Remote – EU)The Financial Crime Solution Architect provides end to end architectural leadership across UK's Financial Crime technology landscape. The role supports both Business as Usual / Book of Work delivery and strategic change, including the TSB Financial Crime migration (Project Sparrow), ensuring solutions are secure, compliant, resilient and aligned to architecture standards.JOB RESPONSIBILITIESKey AccountabilitiesDefine and govern solution architecture designs (HLD/LLD) across Financial Crime capabilities, including Transaction Screening, Name Screening, Monitoring, KYC/KYB, Case Management and Data.Provide architectural oversight for new initiatives, remediation activity, platform upgrades and technical debt reduction within the Financial Crime Book of Work.Act as a core architecture contributor to the TSB Financial Crime migration, supporting data migration, archival strategies, integration patterns and regulatory compliant design decisions.Ensure solutions align to Santander UK and Group target architecture, security standards, data policies and regulatory expectations (e.g. PRA, FCA, ECB).Identify, manage and escalate architecture risks and dependencies, contributing to programme RAIDs and governance forums.Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering, Data, Security, Risk and Business stakeholders to ensure effective and timely delivery MANDATORY SKILLSProven experience as a Solution Architect in Financial Crime, Risk or highly regulated banking environments.Strong knowledge of Financial Crime domains (AML, Sanctions, Screening, Monitoring, KYC/KYB).Experience designing solutions involving complex data, legacy platforms and regulatory constraints.Strong understanding of cloud, on prem and hybrid architectures.Experience operating within formal architecture governance and assurance frameworks.NICE TO HAVE SKILLSExperience with large scale bank migrations (e.g. TSB).Familiarity with platforms such as Actimize, Appian and enterprise data platforms.Architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF).EXPERIENCE+4 YEARS as Solution architect