Senior Data Analyst

Main Responsibilities:

• As one of the lead members of the GFCCT S&T team, responsible for supporting the activities of the team, including end-to-end systems testing between primary source systems and sanctions screening and transaction monitoring systems such as HotScan, Actimize or other systems to detect control breaks and mitigate financial crimes risk.
• Lead or assist in performing planned systems testing reviews, including scoping, planning, documenting process and data flows, and analyzing data input/output results, while ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the financial crimes compliance functionality of the systems.
• Assess and validate that controls are in place and designed to ensure the end-to-end completeness and accuracy of transaction and customer data from primary source systems to transaction filtering and transaction monitoring systems such as HotScan, Actimize or other systems.
• Stay abreast of the latest data management and IT related developments concerning AML and Sanctions, fraud schemes, and security issues.
• Manage the preparation of written reports which summarize the Objectives, Scope, Findings and Conclusions for each assigned review, for consumption of all stakeholders.
• Oversee and execute issue validation processes to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements.
• Monitor developments, such as regulatory changes, payment infrastructure environment upgrades, which may necessitate ad hoc testing.

Candidate Profile

Skills and knowledge:

• Knowledge of various complex data formats, data mapping and data lineage concepts.
• Strong data analytics experience using SQL, SAS and related tools
• Strong understanding of complex System Architectures to develop test plans for financial crimes compliance systems (such as Actimize, SAM, Hotscan, FIS Prime, etc.)
• Familiarity with cross border payment standards and infrastructures (SWIFT, CHIPS, Fedwire)
• Strong command over Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word)
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to drive complex discussions with management and stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree or above
• ACAMS certification or relevant professional qualification is a plus.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• 15 plus years of experience in Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) (Sanctions screening / KYC / Transaction Monitoring)
• Strong exposure to IT testing processes, including Test planning, test case preparation, test execution, and test evidence validation, with a focus on FCC systems