Financial Crime Business Analyst

Smartedge’s Client is looking for an individual to help with their Financial Crime Business Analyst @ Cork, Ireland We are looking for an experienced Financial Crime Business Analyst to support financial crime compliance and regulatory transformation initiatives within the banking/financial-services environment.The ideal candidate will have strong Business Analysis experience combined with solid domain knowledge across AML, KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening, Customer Risk Assessment and Financial Crime Compliance.The candidate will work closely with Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, Operations, Technology and Product teams to gather requirements, analyse business processes, define solutions and support implementation of financial crime controls and systems.Key ResponsibilitiesGather, analyse and document business requirements for Financial Crime / AML compliance initiatives.Work closely with Compliance, AML, KYC, Risk, Operations and Technology stakeholders.Translate regulatory and business requirements into functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.Analyse and document current-state and future-state financial crime processes.Perform gap analysis between existing processes/controls and new regulatory or business requirements.Prepare BRDs, FRDs, process flows, data mapping documents, user stories and functional specifications.Support UAT, including test scenarios, test cases, defect analysis and business validation.Perform data analysis and reconciliation using SQL, Excel or other analytical tools.Identify process/control gaps and recommend improvements.Support regulatory change projects and assess the impact of new AML/Financial Crime requirements.If this sounds like a role you would be interested in or if you know someone in this field.Connect with me or email me at pavitra.b@smartedgesolutions.co.ukAlternatively, you can call me on Tel: +44(0)203 500 2108.