Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business AnalystAI/ML Compliance Transaction MonitoringTechnical Business Analyst - Transaction Monitoring Transformation Actimize SAM Location NYC - Hybrid /OnsiteJob Summary: Seeking a highly skilled Technical Business Analyst to support a strategic transformation initiative within the Global Financial Crimes organization. The role will focus on migrating transaction monitoring capabilities from a legacy in-house platform to NICE Actimize SAM while ensuring compliance with AML sanctions and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will possess strong AML transaction monitoring domain expertise, hands-on technical skills in SQL and Python, and experience working across business, compliance, data, and technology stakeholders to deliver complex transformation programs.Key Responsibilities:Lead requirements gathering analysis and documentation for the migration from the legacy transaction monitoring platform to NICE Actimize SAM.Work closely with AML investigators, compliance teams, model validation teams, and technology stakeholders to understand existing monitoring scenarios and future-state requirements.Analyze transaction monitoring rules, thresholds, alert generation logic, suppression mechanisms, and case management workflows.Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications for Actimize implementation teams.Perform data mapping, source-to-target analysis, and reconciliation between legacy systems and Actimize SAM.Develop and execute SQL-based data analysis for transaction monitoring scenario validation and testing.Utilize Python for data profiling, transformation, analysis, reconciliation, and validation of large transaction datasets.Support UAT, SIT parallel run testing, and production readiness activities.Identify data quality issues, gaps, and process improvements during migration.Partner with Compliance and Model Risk Management teams to ensure regulatory alignment and model governance adherence.Support alert tuning, optimization, and effectiveness assessments to reduce false positives.Produce BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process flows, data mapping documents, and test cases.Collaborate in Agile delivery environments and participate in sprint ceremonies.Required Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field.7 years of Business Analysis experience with Financial Services organizations.Strong experience in AML Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crimes Compliance.Hands-on experience with NICE Actimize SAM implementation, migration, enhancement, or support projects.Strong proficiency in SQL for complex queries, joins, reconciliation, and data validation.Strong programming skills in Python for data analysis and automation.Experience analyzing large-scale financial transaction datasets.Strong understanding of AML Transaction Monitoring, Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR), KYC/CDD/EDD, Sanctions Screening, Regulatory Compliance Requirements.Experience with data mapping, source system analysis, and data lineage.Ability to work effectively with Compliance, Operations, Technology, and Vendor teams.Excellent documentation and stakeholder management skills.About the company:Avance Consulting is a global leader in innovative talent solutions for diverse industries. Since 2007, we have been serving nearly a third of Fortune 500 companies and most of the top 100 technology companies worldwide.Our team of 700+ experts offers Engineering Services, Information Technology, Digital, and Executive Search solutions from our offices in North America, UK, Europe, and APAC.We understand the local markets and cultures and tailor our services to meet the needs of our clients. Our clients value our flexibility and agility, which enable us to deliver high-quality results at any scale across the globe.This allows us to work with numerous industries at varying scale across the globe while ensuring the excellent service standard that our clients have come to expect.At Avance you can learn new skills and technologies, have more advancement opportunities and career growth, being a part of our productive atmosphere, and a positive reinforcement culture.