Position Purpose

The Fincrime SME will act as a dual-domain expert across AML and Fraud Risk, helping shape Tookitaki's product roadmap by infusing regulatory intelligence, risk typologies, and functional design. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Pre-Sales, and Delivery teams to enable client success, ensure solution compliance, and support GTM efforts. This role is pivotal in aligning Tookitaki's AI-first platform with the evolving regulatory and operational landscape in financial services.

Key Responsibilities

1. Market Research & Product Strategy

- Monitor evolving AML and fraud regulatory trends, typologies, and red flags across key jurisdictions.

- Define functional requirements and detection logic for rules, typology libraries, and behavioral indicators.

- Translate compliance needs into roadmap features and user stories, supporting the Product and Engineering teams.

2. Sales & Pre-Sales Enablement

- Collaborate with Sales and Pre-Sales to deliver client-specific demos, RFP responses, and use-case narratives.

- Represent the product domain during PoVs and strategic pitches with Tier 1 banks and fintech clients.

- Support GTM teams with domain-aligned collateral, including typology decks and compliance mappings.

3. Client Implementation & Advisory

- Work with Delivery teams to configure and calibrate AML and fraud modules-rules, thresholds, typology mapping.

- Provide advisory input during UAT and go-live, ensuring operational effectiveness and compliance fit.

- Guide clients on tuning strategies, alert optimization, and real-world fraud/AML adaptation.

4. Internal Enablement & Thought Leadership

- Build internal expertise by developing training content, knowledge articles, and best practice documents.

- Participate in industry forums, webinars, and whitepapers to showcase Tookitaki's domain strength.

- Provide functional input to product ideation, especially for real-time fraud detection and behavioral scoring features.

Qualifications and Skills

Education & Certifications

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Compliance, or related field.

- Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFCS, CFE, CISA are highly preferred.

Experience

- 5+ years in AML compliance, fraud risk management, or investigations within banking, consulting, or RegTech.

- 2+ years of experience in a product-facing or advisory role within a technology-led or SaaS environment.

Skills & Competencies

- Strong understanding of AML typologies (e.g., smurfing, layering, TBML) and fraud vectors (e.g., social engineering, mule accounts).

- Ability to design, validate, and document detection logic and business rules.

- Hands-on familiarity with rule engines, risk scoring systems, or AI-driven compliance platforms.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate compliance into product logic.

- Comfortable working in Agile environments using tools like JIRA, Confluence, and Slack.

Key Competencies

- Domain Depth: Deep knowledge of financial crime trends and regulatory frameworks.

- Product-Compliance Bridge: Able to translate compliance goals into functional product design.

- Client-Facing Confidence: Strong communication skills for high-stakes pre-sales and implementation support.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works effectively across Product, Sales, and Engineering teams.

- Regulatory Foresight: Ability to anticipate regulatory shifts and inform roadmap direction.