Functional Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Lead detailed functional assessments of sanctions list management processes, including sourcing, consolidation, validation, and distribution of lists.

• Gather, document, and validate functional requirements for list automation, ensuring end-to-end traceability, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.

• Map country-specific workflows, integration touchpoints, file formats, and transformation rules across multiple transaction screening systems.

• Support as-is and to-be process modeling, identifying operational inefficiencies, risk points, and automation opportunities.

• Document integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous, APIs, batch, event-driven) and error-handling protocols.

• Collaborate with architects, operations, compliance, and technology stakeholders to ensure alignment between regional and local requirements.

• Support risk assessments, assumptions, dependency tracking, and issue logs, ensuring findings are traceable and auditable.

• Contribute to key deliverables including functional specifications, governance frameworks, implementation roadmaps, and cost/resource estimates.

• Participate in workshops, stakeholder interviews, and cross-entity harmonization sessions to ensure full coverage of in-scope entities.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Financial Services, with a focus on IT systems supporting AML/CFT, financial compliance, or risk management.

• Strong knowledge of sanctions screening processes, list management, and integration methods.

• Proven ability to independently manage complex functional analysis, resolve ambiguity, and provide practical recommendations.

• Experience delivering large-scale data management initiatives, including mapping, validation, reconciliation, and risk mitigation.

• Familiarity with sanctions screening systems (e.g., Firco, TSS, Actimize) and watchlist management tools (e.g., WLM, FLV, FMM).

• Strong understanding of AML/CFT regulatory frameworks, including FATF, OFAC, MAS, and other relevant local regulators.

• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data quality standards, data lineage, and experience working with data glossaries and dictionaries.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

• Awareness of data protection regulations and cross-border data-sharing restrictions, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

• Strong analytical and logical thinking skills, with the ability to deconstruct complex problems and recommend solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms is an advantage.

• Professional certifications such as ACAMS, ICA, or other AML/financial crime compliance credentials are a plus.

• Additional Business Analysis (CBAP, PMI-PBA) or Project Management certifications are advantageous