Senior Business Analyst – Financial Crime / AML / AFC

Location: EU
Workload: Full-time
Duration: Long-term
Rate: Up to $23/hour
English: Upper-Intermediate (B2+)
Seniority: Senior

About the Project

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong banking background and expertise in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) to join a long-term project in the financial services domain.

The project focuses on Financial Crime Risk Management, CARS implementation, Transaction Monitoring and Salesforce migration.

The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of banking compliance processes with strong technical skills in SQL, Python and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements related to AML/AFC and Financial Crime Risk Management.
• Support the implementation of CARS and Transaction Monitoring solutions.
• Participate in Salesforce migration activities, including data mapping, validation and integration requirements.
• Analyse banking data, transaction flows and financial crime monitoring processes.
• Write complex SQL queries for data analysis, investigation and validation.
• Use Python to support data analysis, reconciliation and process automation.
• Collaborate with compliance teams, risk management specialists, developers and data engineers.
• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, business process flows and functional specifications.
• Support ETL processes, data quality checks and system integrations.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to improve financial crime detection and monitoring processes.
• Work within Agile delivery teams using Jira and Confluence.

Requirements

Must-have:

• 7+ years of practical experience in the banking industry.
• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst in banking or financial services.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of AML/AFC and Financial Crime Risk Management.
• Practical experience with Transaction Monitoring systems and processes.
• Advanced SQL skills, including complex queries, joins, aggregations and data validation.
• Practical knowledge of Python for data analysis and processing.
• Experience with data analysis, data mapping and ETL processes.
• Understanding of banking data structures, transaction lifecycles and compliance workflows.
• Strong business requirements gathering, documentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and Agile methodologies.
• English at Upper-Intermediate (B2+) level or higher.
• Current location within the EU.

Nice to have:

• Experience with CARS implementation.
• Experience with Salesforce migration projects.
• Knowledge of transaction monitoring scenarios, alert investigation and suspicious activity detection.
• Experience with data migration, reconciliation and system integration projects.
• Familiarity with regulatory reporting and financial crime compliance frameworks.

What We Offer

• Long-term, full-time engagement.
• Opportunity to work on complex banking and financial crime prevention systems.
• International project environment.
• Hourly rate up to $23.