Financial Crimes Compliance Senior Data Analyst

Job Title:

Financial Crimes Compliance Senior Data Analyst

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

Financial Crimes Compliance(FCC) Data Analysts are responsible for assisting in maintaining and improving FCC’s analytics and technological capabilities. Under the director the FCC Data Analytics Manager, the Analyst supports the development of processes and technological improvements to achieve efficiencies in various workflows, and implementing and maintaining optimization of the FCC’s monitoring tools, and increasing the capabilities in data visualization.

Analysts employ strong technical skills in fraud and systems/database technologies to understand and communicate effectively with Information Technology and Operations teams, assisting them to understand necessary model and infrastructure requirements and solutions.

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Provides analytical and technical support for systems delivery for FCC monitoring tools. Partner with Fraud Analysts in order to understand their workflow and to utilize their feedback, where appropriate, to strengthen the quality of FCC Data Analytics work product.
• Leverages technology to enable advanced analytical and data visualization techniques to improve risk detection and increase operational efficiencies. Supports FCC management in the development of an effective FCC model governance program, in accordance with Model Risk Management guidelines, that meets regulatory requirements.
• Participates in the development and implementation of new reporting functionality and transaction monitoring channels for FCC analytics purposes. Creates professional program/reporting documentation in support of AML Transaction Monitoring and related reporting. Provides timely responses to ad hoc data requests from FCC and other internal departments.
• Assists in the design and governance of FCC monitoring systems (transaction, Customer Risk Rating, Sanctions) to ensure adequate controls are in place. Serve as liaison to Information Technology, Risk Management, and Operations to mitigate compliance risk and ensure audit soundness.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a college or university and 3 years equivalent work experience in Fraud or BSA/AML or risk, 3 or more years related experience in financial services data analysis and systems technologies. Military experience can be considered as well.
• Intermediate knowledge of general banking, including an understanding of bank products, services, regulations, policies, and procedures, with an emphasis on Fraud knowledge. Senior Analysts possess Advanced Expert knowledge in this area.
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL, Python, Spark, Databricks, Confluence and JIRA, with at least 2 year minimum experience using Tableau Power BI, SAS, R, or other statistical software. Experience using technologies for data visualization and workflow/issue management.
• Strong interpersonal abilities, including oral and written communication skills with beginning to intermediate-level experience in writing technical documents for diverse audiences.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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