Financial Crime Subject Matter Expert - Capability, Solutions, & Markets Manager

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE)

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Financial Crime Subject Matter Expert will provide technical and industry leadership across FC’s delivery capability and growth agenda.​

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The role will serve as a recognized Financial Crime specialist who can translate regulatory requirements, industry developments, client challenges, and emerging risks into practical delivery approaches, market propositions, and commercially relevant solutions.​

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From a Capability & Quality perspective, the SME will support the development and continuous improvement of FC methodologies, technical standards, quality frameworks, knowledge assets, learning interventions, and practitioner capability.​

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From a Clients & Markets perspective, the SME will act as a technical advisor to business development and pursuit teams, helping identify client needs, shape Financial Crime propositions, develop solution approaches, contribute to strategic pursuits, and support client-facing discussions.​

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The role requires strong Financial Crime expertise combined with consulting mindset, commercial awareness, structured problem solving, and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.​

Financial Crime Capability Development ​

Serve as a subject matter expert across one or more Financial Crime domains such as KYC/CDD, AML, Transaction Monitoring, sanctions, fraud, screening, or Financial Crime governance. ​

Develop and continuously improve FC methodologies, frameworks, playbooks, delivery approaches, and technical guidance. ​

Support the development of consistent delivery standards and leading practices across Financial Crime engagements. ​

Identify capability gaps and emerging areas where FC should strengthen technical knowledge or develop new offerings. ​

Translate regulatory developments, industry trends, and lessons from delivery into practical guidance for FC practitioners. ​

Support the development and maintenance of Financial Crime knowledge repositories, toolkits, methodologies, and reusable assets. ​

Work with leadership to develop new capabilities that respond to changing client and market requirements. ​

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Quality & Technical Assurance ​

Provide technical guidance and challenge on complex Financial Crime delivery matters. ​

Support quality reviews of selected engagements, deliverables, methodologies, and technical approaches. ​

Help ensure Financial Crime work is aligned with relevant regulatory expectations, industry practices, client requirements, and internal quality standards. ​

Provide technical escalation support to delivery teams where specialist judgement is required. ​

Identify recurring quality issues and recommend improvements to methodologies, controls, training, or delivery processes. ​

Support lessons-learned reviews and incorporate insights into future capability development. ​

Partner with Delivery Leads and Quality teams to promote consistent, high-quality execution across FC engagements. ​

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Practitioner Development & Knowledge Leadership ​

Contribute to the technical development of FC practitioners through learning sessions, case discussions, technical briefings, coaching, and knowledge-sharing activities. ​

Develop technical learning materials and practical case studies based on emerging Financial Crime topics and delivery experience. ​

Support the development of competency expectations and learning pathways for relevant Financial Crime capabilities. ​

Coach practitioners and emerging SMEs to deepen technical understanding and practical application. ​

Build communities of practice around relevant Financial Crime topics. ​

Promote continuous learning and knowledge sharing across projects, locations, and territories. ​

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Business Development & Market Advisory ​

Act as a technical and industry advisor to the Clients & Markets team on Financial Crime business development initiatives. ​

Monitor emerging regulatory developments, industry trends, enforcement activity, technology developments, and evolving Financial Crime risks. ​

Translate market developments into potential client needs, propositions, campaigns, or business development opportunities. ​

Support the development and refinement of FC propositions, solutions, credentials, thought leadership, and market-facing materials. ​

Provide technical insights that strengthen FC’s market positioning and differentiation. ​

Work with business development teams to identify where existing FC capabilities can address emerging client challenges. ​

Support account and territory teams in identifying potential Financial Crime opportunities. ​

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Solution Design & Client Advisory ​

Work with pursuit teams and business leaders to understand client challenges and translate them into practical and commercially viable Financial Crime solutions. ​

Lead or support solution design discussions for strategic opportunities. ​

Develop delivery approaches, operating models, methodologies, staffing assumptions, governance structures, and implementation considerations. ​

Bring relevant regulatory, operational, industry, and technology perspectives into solution development. ​

Challenge proposed solutions to ensure they are technically credible, practical, scalable, and aligned with client needs. ​

Translate complex Financial Crime concepts into clear, client-focused business language. ​

Participate in client workshops, discovery sessions, solution discussions, and presentations where technical expertise is required. ​

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Pursuit & Proposal Support ​

Serve as the Financial Crime technical advisor for priority pursuits and proposals. ​

Work closely with the Pursuit & Business Development Manager and broader pursuit team to shape technical strategy and solution positioning. ​

Participate in opportunity qualification, solutioning, storyboarding, win-theme development, and executive review sessions. ​

Develop and review technical proposal content, methodologies, solution descriptions, delivery approaches, and relevant executive messaging. ​

Ensure proposal content is technically accurate, credible, differentiated, and aligned with client requirements. ​

Help articulate measurable business outcomes and client value rather than relying solely on capability descriptions. ​

Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, unsolicited proposals, client presentations, and other strategic pursuit materials. ​

Support technical preparation for client presentations, clarification discussions, and solution defense sessions. ​

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Thought Leadership & Proposition Development ​

Identify emerging Financial Crime themes where FC can develop new propositions or strengthen existing offerings. ​

Contribute to thought leadership, market insights, client briefings, campaigns, and external-facing materials. ​

Develop perspectives on emerging topics such as regulatory change, operating model transformation, technology enablement, data and analytics, AI, and managed services. ​

Partner with technology, operations, advisory, and other specialists to develop integrated Financial Crime solutions. ​

Support the development of repeatable and scalable propositions that can be deployed across multiple territories. ​

Bring insights from client discussions and pursuits back into Capability & Quality to inform future capability development. ​

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Stakeholder & Cross-Territory Collaboration ​

Build strong relationships across FC leadership, Delivery, Capability & Quality, Clients & Markets, account teams, and territory stakeholders. ​

Collaborate with Financial Crime specialists and industry experts across the PwC network. ​

Support multiple territories and pursuits while adapting recommendations to different regulat