Quantexa Model Tuning Consultant (h/f)

£600pd Inside IR35

Remote in UK

Initial 6 months

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector. We power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions. We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

We are seeking an experienced Quantexa Model Tuning Consultant to optimise, calibrate, and validate transaction monitoring models within a Financial Crime programme. You will be responsible for improving detection effectiveness, reducing false positives, and ensuring monitoring scenarios align with regulatory requirements and business risk appetite. Working closely with Compliance, Financial Crime, Data, and Technology teams, you will drive the enhancement of transaction monitoring scenarios, thresholds, scorecards, and segmentation strategies, while supporting model testing, validation, and deployment activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune, calibrate, and optimise Quantexa transaction monitoring models and scenarios.
• Design and enhance monitoring rules, thresholds, scorecards, and segmentation frameworks.
• Perform model testing and analysis, including back-testing, sensitivity testing, threshold analysis, and performance benchmarking.
• Support model validation and governance activities through documentation and performance reporting.
• Refine customer and transaction segmentation approaches to improve detection outcomes.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into technical configurations and solution designs.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to implement and deploy model enhancements.
• Engage with Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Technology stakeholders to ensure regulatory alignment.
• Drive improvements in data quality, controls, and lineage supporting transaction monitoring.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in transaction monitoring model tuning and optimisation, ideally within Quantexa.
• Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, scenario design, scorecard development, segmentation, and model calibration.
• Experience conducting back-testing, threshold analysis, sensitivity testing, and performance assessments.
• Understanding of model validation, governance frameworks, and regulatory expectations.
• Strong knowledge of AML and Financial Crime regulations, including CDD, EDD, sanctions, and SAR reporting.
• Experience working with engineering teams through build, testing, and deployment life cycles.
• Knowledge of data modelling, data architecture, and large-scale Financial Crime transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Interested?

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds. If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately; our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.

emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin.