# PEP Screening and Strategy Lead - Analytics

> Capitex · United Kingdom (Remote) · — · Posted 2025-10-23

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

### **PEP Screening and Strategy Lead**

### **Role Overview**

We are seeking a seasoned **PEP Data Scientist and Strategy Lead** to define and align global PEP screening strategies with regional and regulatory nuances. This role will design **data-driven, scalable solutions** that unify PEP policies across jurisdictions—balancing global standards with local compliance expectations. The ideal candidate will bridge **data science, compliance, and strategic execution**, transforming complex data into actionable intelligence that enhances detection accuracy and reduces false positives.

This position is highly cross-functional, requiring close collaboration with **engineering, product, advisory, and regulatory teams** to ensure consistent alignment with business goals and global compliance frameworks.

### **Key Responsibilities**

-   **Strengthen Global PEP Screening:** Lead initiatives to advance and harmonize PEP screening capabilities across all regions, aligning risk detection and mitigation objectives with regulatory standards while maintaining a frictionless customer experience.
-   **Strategic Frameworks & Roadmaps:** Partner with First Line of Defense advisory, product management, engineering, and business units to design strategic frameworks and long-term roadmaps for global screening initiatives.
-   **Solution Design & Implementation:** Oversee the full lifecycle of PEP screening solutions—from conceptual design to implementation—ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance with business and regulatory objectives.
-   **Regulatory Translation & Delivery:** Analyze evolving regulatory requirements and collaborate with regional MLROs to develop business requirement documents (BRDs), transforming guidance into precise, data-driven technical solutions.
-   **Cross-Functional Execution:** Work hand-in-hand with engineering teams to operationalize regulatory changes, deploy system enhancements, and ensure accuracy and integrity in production environments.
-   **List Management & Risk Definition:** Collaborate with advisory and policy teams to continuously refine PEP list definitions, classifications, and thresholds to ensure comprehensive coverage and regulatory alignment.
-   **Advanced Analytics & Optimization:** Conduct in-depth data exploration and statistical analysis to identify inefficiencies within screening workflows, proposing actionable improvements to enhance precision and efficiency.
-   **Insight & Decision Support:** Analyze complex, large-scale datasets to extract meaningful insights, develop recommendations, and communicate findings that support key business and compliance decisions.
-   **Mentorship & Development:** Provide technical guidance, coaching, and strategic direction to junior data scientists, fostering skill development and analytical excellence within the team.
-   **Production Integration:** Ensure seamless integration and real-time deployment of analytical solutions in partnership with engineering, maintaining system reliability and robust performance standards.

### **Minimum Qualifications**

-   Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of **five years of relevant work experience** in financial crime, compliance analytics, or data science.

### **Preferred Qualifications**

-   Minimum five years of experience in **sanctions transaction screening, profile screening, PEP and adverse media screening, and AML** programs, including at least three years in **data analytics or data science**.
-   Strong understanding of **global sanctions and PEP programs** administered by OFAC, EU, UN, CSSF, and related regulators, including associated risk typologies.
-   Advanced proficiency in **SQL (Google Cloud BigQuery), Python (Pandas, NumPy, PySpark), R, Tableau, and Power BI**.
-   Demonstrated expertise in **data structure analysis, profiling, and query optimization.**
-   Familiarity with **Lexis Nexis World Compliance+** and other leading screening data sources.
-   Working knowledge of **Hadoop, Hive, Jupyter Notebooks**, and modern **data warehouse technologies**.
-   Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate analytical findings into **clear, actionable business recommendations**.
-   Proven success in developing **data-driven solutions for complex compliance challenges** and collaborating effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.
-   High intellectual curiosity, strategic problem-solving ability, and comfort navigating ambiguity in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
-   Strong project leadership, analytical, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
-   Adept at presenting **complex quantitative analyses** to diverse stakeholders in a concise, accessible manner.
-   Results-oriented, proactive mindset with a passion for innovation, data integrity, and advancing global compliance initiatives.

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