Business Analyst with Fin crime

Role Business Analyst with Fin crime
Duration: Contract
Location: Northampton(Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct business analysis to understand and document financial crime risks, AML policies, KYC processes, and fraud prevention measures.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and system requirements for financial crime detection, transaction monitoring, and case management solutions.
• Work closely with compliance, risk, fraud, operations, and technology teams to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
• Map as-is and to-be business processes related to financial crime risk management.
• Collaborate with data teams to define data models, reporting, and analytics for financial crime detection.
• Support the design, testing, and implementation of financial crime and AML solutions, including rule-based and AI-driven detection systems.
• Ensure alignment with FCA, FATF, FinCEN, and other regulatory frameworks governing financial crime compliance.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather insights and align business objectives with compliance mandates.
• Work with IT teams to support the integration of AML/KYC systems, transaction monitoring tools, and case management solutions.
• Assist in the development of policy documents, risk assessments, and control frameworks for financial crime prevention.

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in a Financial Crime, AML, or Compliance environment.
• Strong knowledge of financial crime regulations, including AML, KYC, CDD, and fraud prevention frameworks.
• Experience working with financial crime technology solutions such as Actimize, Quantexa, FICO, NICE, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with data analysis techniques, SQL, and financial crime reporting.
• Experience in process mapping, gap analysis, and workflow optimization.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to business, compliance, and technical teams.
• Experience in Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall methodologies for project delivery.
• Knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., SARs, STRs, and transaction monitoring).