Business Analyst – Financial Crime Compliance

Tiger Analytics

. Lead discovery sessions with compliance teams, investigators, and risk leads to define monitoring scopes and operational workflows .

Posted 10/10/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Business Analysis within the Banking and Financial domain, focusing on AML, FCC, and KYC processes. Proficient in creating comprehensive documentation, conducting gap analysis, and managing User Acceptance Testing while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

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Business AnalysisAML/FCC/KYC ExpertiseSQL ProficiencyUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)Excellent Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Business Requirements Document (BRD)Functional Specification Document (FSD)Gap AnalysisData DiscoverySource-Data MappingTransaction-Monitoring ParametersTest Plan DevelopmentFinancial-Crime Test CasesRegulatory ComplianceData Modeling

Soft Skills

Stakeholder ManagementProactive Problem SolvingClient-Focused ThinkingAssertive Communication

Tools & Technologies

ExcelSQLBI/Visualization ToolsPython

Industry Keywords

ComplianceRisk ManagementBankingFinancial ServicesTransaction Monitoring

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead discovery sessions with compliance teams, investigators, and risk leads to define monitoring scopes and operational workflows
Create Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), user stories, and acceptance criteria
Perform gap analysis between current (“AS-IS”) compliance operations and target (“TO-BE”) platform capabilities
Inspect customer, account, and transaction data models from core banking systems
Define source-data mappings into AML transaction-monitoring or screening engines
Conduct data discovery to identify missing or corrupt historical data needed for alert generation
Translate regulatory rules and internal risk mandates into transaction-monitoring parameters and typology thresholds
Evaluate vendor product modules against local jurisdictional compliance requirements
Define standardization and cleansing rules
Facilitate alignment between technical producers and business consumers
Build test plans and realistic financial-crime test cases
Manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders
Confirm monitoring scenarios trigger alerts correctly without unmanageable false-positive spikes
Answer functional questions from software developers, data engineers, and QA teams during the build phase
Document constraints, track project assumptions, and manage scope adjustments throughout the project lifecycle
Assist architects and developers with domain knowledge in technical discussions

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in IT as a Business Analyst in Banking/Financial domain
3–7+ years of experience in AML/FCC/KYC for a domain-heavy role
Ability to think from the client's business standpoint and align program executions to business outcomes or business needs
Ability to proactively determine effective approaches for implementation or augmentation during modernization initiatives
Working familiarity with Excel, SQL, BI/visualization tools, and/or Python
Excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders, assertively gain attention, and drive compliance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Significant career development opportunities
Opportunity to be part of a small, fast-growing, challenging and entrepreneurial environment
High degree of individual responsibility
Equal employment opportunities protected by federal, state, or local law