Functional Application Consultant (Detecting Financial Crime) in Amsterdam

To strengthen the Client Acceptance delivery team, we are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious, self-starting Functional Application Consultant to help further develop and embed the end-state and tactical tooling related to our Know Your Client (KYC) processes.
 
Implementing and improving these applications helps the bank to be compliant with KYC rules and regulations, but also to harmonise processes, rationalise our IT landscape, improve data quality, and generate relevant and reliable reporting. Overall, we contribute to preventing financial crime and with it, be trustworthy as a bank for our clients and society in general.

The world is changing rapidly – and our role as gatekeeper changes with it. Derived from our purpose ‘Banking for better, for generations to come’, we strive for a sustainable, stable and save financial system. Therefore, detection of ‘financial crime’ is a high priority for the bank.

Within DFC different activities concerning detecting financial crime are merged into one organisation. Both in the Netherlands and our (Dutch and international) subsidiaries and challenger banks. By combining knowledge and expertise, we are better equipped to protect our bank systems against financial crime and handle new developments as well. In that context, ever-evolving technology represents both an opportunity and a threat. Not only does it help us to improve our investigative capabilities, it also enables organised crime to operate on a more advanced level. ‘Detecting financial crime’ is therefore an ‘ongoing process’ that demands the utmost in terms of our expertise and vigilance, day in day out.

The team Value Delivery Client Acceptance is part of the Client Due Diligence, Admin & Regulations (CAR) Grid within DFC. In the DFC context, CAR is responsible for delivering smart and future-proof IT solutions.

Currently, we have multiple (agile) teams working on the various applications related to KYC tooling. The teams are based in Amsterdam and partly in India. Just like you, professionals who want the best for our clients. The multidisciplinary teams are the driving force in realising the group-wide change in the KYC domain and DevOps is the standard as part of the sustainable change within IT.

We work for all business lines and subsidiaries. Therefore, you collaborate with stakeholders cross-business line and cross-grid, and including second line parties.
 

Within the team, the functional application consultants are driving the process of setting up new applications and continue to further improve them. In a nutshell and next to bringing positive energy and initiative to the team, your primary job is to:
(1)    Be a knowledgeable sparring partner for the team and our stakeholders (e.g. business, DFC, Compliance)
(2)    Translate requirements into solutioning
(3)    Work with the team to realise deliveries
(4)    Participate in change projects

Fitting DFC, you are a person with integrity and innovative by character, with an interest in society. You will settle for nothing less than the right thing for our clients, the bank and society as a whole. Our success is driven by smart thinking combined with a hands-on, can-do mentality. Your profile:

• You have a degree (HBO) with an IT, legal or financial background;
• You have a minimal of 3 years working experience in the fields of IT and preferably within workflow applications;
• You are self-starting, analytical and pro-active in your approach;
• You like working in a team in which close collaboration is key and every team members takes ownership for his/her own deliverables;
• Obviously, you are able to communicate effectively;
• You have knowledge and experience in stakeholder management and change processes.
   

• An opportunity to be part of a highly visible team within DFC and the bank
• A challenging job in which you own your success and have a direct impact on team results
• A position in which you can grow, both personally and professionally 

In addition:

• The opportunity to pro-actively work on your vitality and fitness
• A supplementary benefit budget of 11%, which you can spend on additional fringe benefits
• A personal development budget of EUR 1.000 per year
• An annual public transportation pass or travel budget, depending on the function
• A solid pension plan