Finance Specialist

Job Title: Fincrime SME

Department: Product

Level: P2/P3

Location: Bangalore

Reporting To: Head of Product

Tookitaki is a global RegTech innovator redefining financial crime prevention through its AI-powered Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) solutions. Our FinCense platform delivers end-to-end AML and fraud detection capabilities—including Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Scoring, Smart Screening, and Fraud Prevention—built on explainable AI and typology-driven design. We are hiring a Fincrime Subject Matter Expert (SME) to strengthen our product strategy, regulatory alignment, and customer success across global markets.

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.

Success Metrics

• Timely delivery of functional requirements and use-case documentation for new features.
• Positive client feedback on typology design and functional validation during implementation.
• Pre-sales success through well-articulated AML/fraud product demonstrations.
• Active contribution to knowledge bases and internal training programs.
• Recognized thought leadership in industry engagements and content contributions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-linked incentives.
• Opportunity to work on mission-critical compliance tools used by leading banks and fintechs.
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and innovation-driven engineering culture.
• Be part of an award-winning company recognized by World Economic Forum, Chartis, and Forbes for its impact in RegTech.

Introducing Tookitaki

Tookitaki: The Trust Layer for Financial Services

Tookitaki is transforming financial services by building a robust trust layer that focuses on two crucial pillars: preventing fraud to build consumer trust and combating money laundering to secure institutional trust. Our trust layer leverages collaborative intelligence and a federated AI approach, delivering powerful, AI-driven solutions for real-time fraud detection and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) compliance.

How We Build Trust: Our Unique Value Propositions

1. AFC Ecosystem – Community-Driven Financial Crime Protection

The Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Ecosystem is a community-driven platform that continuously

updates financial crime patterns with real-time intelligence from industry experts. This enables our clients to stay ahead of the latest money laundering and fraud tactics. Leading digital banks and payment platforms rely on Tookitaki to protect them against evolving financial crime threats. By joining this ecosystem, institutions benefit from the collective intelligence of top industry players, ensuring robust protection.

2.FinCense – End-to-End Compliance Platform

Our FinCense platform is a comprehensive compliance solution that covers all aspects of AML and fraud prevention—from name screening and customer due diligence (CDD) to transaction

monitoring and fraud detection. This ensures financial institutions not only meet regulatory requirements but also mitigate risks of non-compliance, providing the peace of mind they need as they scale.

Industry Recognition and Global Impact

Tookitaki’s innovative approach has been recognized by some of the leading financial entities in Asia. We have also earned accolades from key industry bodies such as FATF and received prestigious awards like the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Forbes Asia 100 to Watch, and Chartis RiskTech100.

Serving some of the world’s most prominent banks and fintech companies, Tookitaki is continuously redefining the standards of financial crime detection and prevention, creating a safer and more trustworthy financial ecosystem for everyone.