Job Responsibilities / Role
* Define 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.
* Proven 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.
* Experience with large scale bank migrations (e.g., TSB).
* Familiarity with platforms such as Actimize, Appian and enterprise data platforms.
* Architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF).