Senior Transaction Monitoring Analyst

Job Summary

Focused on enhancing transaction monitoring processes, the full-time Senior Transaction Monitoring Analyst will design and implement monitoring rules, investigate suspicious activities, and analyze transaction data in a remote setting.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain transaction monitoring rules across various payment rails while backtesting to improve detection
• Investigate potentially suspicious transactions, document findings, and prepare suspicious activity referrals for sponsor banks
• Analyze transaction data using SQL to evaluate monitoring performance and identify emerging risks

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in BSA/AML, financial crimes compliance, or transaction monitoring within fintech or banking
• Hands-on experience designing and tuning monitoring rules, along with conducting complex investigations
• Strong command of BSA/AML requirements and financial crimes typologies
• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, computer science, criminal justice, or a related field preferred
• Proficiency in SQL for querying and analyzing large transaction datasets