EMEA Business Consultant, Risk Intelligence

LSEG Risk Intelligence provides a comprehensive suite of solutions for identifying, assessing, and managing business risks, including compliance and fraud management processes. Serving over 40,000 institutions across approximately 190 markets, the company helps clients achieve sustainable growth while reducing operational costs and enhancing customer experiences. With advanced data, compliance technology, and research, LSEG Risk Intelligence ensures its clients make informed, critical decisions with a trusted partner.

Position summary

The Global Customer Consulting group at LSEG seeks to make sure that our customers can get maximal value out of our partnerships. Through a combination of pre-sales demonstrations, collaborative engagements and consulting projects, our team ensures LSEG's customers can take advantage of our content and solutions to meet their own business goals.

We are seeking a Solution Consultant with deep expertise in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions Compliance, and third-party risk management, combined with deep technical competence in data science, programming, and solution integration. This role is pivotal to growing our due diligence and screening capabilities across EMEA, supporting sophisticated client engagements and driving innovation in risk intelligence.

You will serve as a technical SME and strategic partner to sales, product, and delivery teams, helping clients implement and optimise LSEG’s AML and sanctions screening solutions. This includes leading RFPs, crafting custom integrations, and advising on data architecture and analytics.

What you'll do

This is a full-time hybrid Solution Consultant role, allowing flexibility for some remote work, and you will be part of our EMEA Customer Consulting team:

• Act as a technical domain expert in AML/Sanctions screening, supporting sales and client engagements across the EMEA region.

• Lead strategic opportunities and RFPs, translating client needs into tailored technical solutions.

• Collaborate with clients to design and implement Rest/JSoN API-based integrations, data pipelines, and screening workflows.

• Scope and deliver customised projects using LSEG Risk Intelligence data and tools, including custom analytics and reporting.

• Guide customers on data modelling, transformation, and enrichment to support risk decisioning.

• Support the sales process by giving to lead qualification, opportunity scoping, and solution positioning.

• Represent LSEG at industry events and client meetings, showcasing our technical capabilities and thought leadership.

• Stay ahead of regulatory trends, new technologies, and competitor offerings in the AML and RegTech industries.

• Be the voice of the customer in product development and strategy discussions with our internal LSEG Partners.

What you'll bring

• Background in AML, PEP, sanctions compliance, and third-party risk, with a deep technical orientation. Deep knowledge of World-Check Risk Intelligence is a priority.

• Proficient in RESTful APIs with JSON, Python, Java, or other programming languages used for data processing, automation, or integration.

• Experience with data science concepts, including data wrangling, feature engineering, and model deployment.

• Familiarity with API technologies, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), and enterprise data architectures.

• Demonstrable ability to translate sophisticated technical concepts into business value for clients and partners.

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging with compliance teams, IT, and executive leadership.

• Experience in sales support or solution consulting, with a solid understanding of sales process management.

• Knowledge of key regulations (e.g., OFAC, EU, UK, FATF) and industry standards in financial crime and due diligence.

• Ability to travel across the region as needed.

• Candidates must demonstrate full professional proficiency in English. Competence in other languages will be viewed favourably, mainly Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with onboarding and payment screening platforms, watchlist management, and adverse media analytics.

• Experience with World-Check Risk Intelligence.

• Background in consulting or solution engineering within a financial services or RegTech environment.

• Understanding of machine learning applications in risk scoring or anomaly detection is a plus.

What we offer

We're proud to offer a working culture that supports growth, balance, and purpose:
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
A welcoming, inclusive culture backed by Employee Networks.
A competitive referral bonus program.
Access to private healthcare, wellness support, and pension contributions.
Professional development opportunities and learning resources.
Paid volunteer time to support causes that matter to you.
A team that values your input and supports your goals.

We believe diversity makes us stronger. If you need reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know - we're here to support you!

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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