Data Analytics Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/technology or finance systems
  

Minimum Experience

• At least 4 years of experience in risk analysis, data analytics or relevant statistic discipline
• At least 2 years of experience in an AML Financial Crime Compliance role
  

Job Specific Accountabilities

Policies, Systems, Process & Procedures

• Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that the work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
  

Data Analysis and Continuous Improvement

• Support the Compliance Technology, Data and Reporting Department in identifying continuous improvement and sustainability improvement opportunities for the related systems, processes and practices.
• Support in implementation of the AML Group compliance systems Road map as agreed with the Compliance management and keep Head of AML Data Analytics & Head of Compliance Technology & Data Analytics.
• Ensure comprehensive SIT/UAT is carried out including negative testing for every project with relevant resources and ensure successful completion.
• Co-ordinate all relevant AML compliance system changes required in the existing platform as per business requirements as change requests with Group IT setting timelines, creating programme structures and installing/updating systems architecture where appropriate to support compliance capabilities for major changes.
• To conduct complete data analysis on Group Customers and transactions to establish transaction behaviour/patterns, to generate proactive intelligence to assist in recalibration of the Customer segmentation for better monitoring.
• To establish predictive Customer behaviour patterns for betterment of Transaction Monitoring and to pave ways for thematic review.
• Map identified risks to internal data and systems, assess and analyse the banks’ exposure, quantify the potential impact and escalate to the team lead where threats or control vulnerabilities are identified
• Provide inputs into Compliance risk models and systems.
  

Technology

• Assist in producing procedures and processes aligned to Group Policy of Group CTDA function
• Assist in conducting feasibility studies to assess need for new systems and provide technical inputs during technology vendor selection
• Assist in exercises such as design and system architecture of compliance related systems by consulting with business users.
• Build necessary data models pre-empting customer transactional behaviour performing Near Neighbour analysis.
• Performing periodic scenario threshold reviews identifying the following.
• a. Identifying redundant, non-performing scenarios
• b. Identifying new patterns using data models identifying new scenarios for implementation
• c. Co-relate SAR data with alerts/case closures to identify trigger points for identifying customer behaviour.
• Periodically consult with compliance SMEs to get inputs on system, data and reporting requirements and drive projects from conceptualisation through implementation.
• Perform the management of change orders for modifications and upgrades to compliance related systems and tools development.
• Oversee and Manage system updates in response to risks identified or GIA ( Group Internal Audit) findings.
  

Reporting

• Collaborate with Compliance SMEs to develop Compliance related MI dashboards.
• Develop periodic reporting plan and maintain the schedule and workflow for multiple reports.
• Populate management information dashboards by extracting relevant data from source systems including using logical queries and basic programming.
• Collaborate with Compliance colleagues to obtain information to populate dashboards.
• Submit MI dashboards to team lead for review.

Desired candidate profile

• Assist in producing procedures and processes aligned to Group Policy of Group CTDA function
• Assist in conducting feasibility studies to assess need for new systems and provide technical inputs during technology vendor selection
• Assist in exercises such as design and system architecture of compliance related systems by consulting with business users.
• Build necessary data models pre-empting customer transactional behaviour performing Near Neighbour analysis.
• Performing periodic scenario threshold reviews identifying the following.
• a. Identifying redundant, non-performing scenarios
• b. Identifying new patterns using data models identifying new scenarios for implementation
• c. Co-relate SAR data with alerts/case closures to identify trigger points for identifying customer behaviour.
• Periodically consult with compliance SMEs to get inputs on system, data and reporting requirements and drive projects from conceptualisation through implementation.
• Perform the management of change orders for modifications and upgrades to compliance related systems and tools development.
• Oversee and Manage system updates in response to risks identified or GIA ( Group Internal Audit) findings.
  

Reporting

• Collaborate with Compliance SMEs to develop Compliance related MI dashboards.
• Develop periodic reporting plan and maintain the schedule and workflow for multiple reports.
• Populate management information dashboards by extracting relevant data from source systems including using logical queries and basic programming.
• Collaborate with Compliance colleagues to obtain information to populate dashboards.
• Submit MI dashboards to team lead for review.