Business Analyst

Client is looking for a dynamic and experienced Business Analyst to build and refine our financial crimes compliance program. As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the development of our banking payments risk platform that enables data integration, risk detection, customer screening, analyst workflows, and business reporting. You will bring your expertise of bank payments and work closely within cross-functional teams, including engineering and data and financial crimes subject matter experts.

Client Details

Leading Financial Firm seeking an Business Analyst located in Manhattan or Washington D.C. This role is a contract role with great possibility to be converted and hybrid.

Description

• Leverage bank payments domain expertise to articulate, gather, rationalize, and document business requirements.
• Analyzes business problems, ensures all proper contexts are understood, and appropriately integrates into actionable insights.
• Creates business use cases, user personas, and user stories.
• Documents business models, workflows, and processes.
• Captures and analyzes business user feedback to measure and report customer delight.
• Supports internal/external documentation.
• Prioritizes features and enhancements based on customer feedback and market awareness.
• Works closely with both internal and external teams to support delivery of high-quality products within our markets.
• Facilitates communication between teams and ensure alignment on goals and timelines.
• Monitors industry trends, competitive landscapes, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Supports development of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the platform and tracks performance against these metrics. Uses data to drive decision-making and iterate on the product.
• Supports product-related functional inquiries.

Profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree.
• 8-10 years of business analyst experience within commercial banking payments processing units.
• Expert-level knowledge of bank payment processing operations and technologies, such as SWIFT, mobile payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and online payment platforms.
• Strong knowledge of unique regulatory and operational requirements of Money Service Businesses, including licensing, reporting, and compliance obligations.
• Proven ability to analyze data and use insights to drive product decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative team environment.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence preferred.
• Knowledge of financial crimes compliance concepts and the technology commonly utilized to support KYC, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening inclusive of data integration, architecture, APIs, UI/UX, workflow management, reporting, and integration strategies preferred.
• Knowledge of product management frameworks and best practices preferred.
• CAMS or similar certification preferred

MUST HAVES:

• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence
• Experience with financial crimes compliance concepts and technologies supporting KYC, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening
• 8-10 years of business analyst experience within commercial banking payments processing units.
• Expert-level knowledge of bank payment processing operations and technologies, such as SWIFT, mobile payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and online payment platforms.
• Financial services/banking industry experience

Job Offer

Competitive compensation based on experience.

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