Financial Crimes Technology - Aml & Sanctions Sr Associate

Industry/Sector
Banking and Capital Markets
Specialism
Data, Analytics & AI
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career within Data and Analytics services will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. We make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge.
Our team helps clients navigate various analytics applications to get the most value out of their technology investment and foster confidence in their business intelligence. As part of our team, you'll help our clients implement enterprise content and data management applications that improve operational effectiveness and provide impactful data analytics and insights.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience:
3 year(s)
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Fields of Study:
Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Management, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Statistics
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member the following areas:

• Knowledge of AML components including transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, investigations, suspicious activity report (SAR) reporting, and AML and sanctions risk assessment;
• Knowledge of Actimize and/or Fircosoft's data model and critical data elements (CDEs), coupled with hands-on experience in data mapping and extract, transform, load (ETL) activities for aligning an organization's data with vendor data models;
• Experience with sizing considerations for an Actimize and/or Fircosoft implementation, as well as expertise in the installation, configuration, and customization;
• Experience with thorough testing of Actimize and/or Fircosoft implementations to analyze accuracy and compliance;
• Familiarity with Actimize's modules pertaining to transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, and case management, with an emphasis on assessing feasibility of an organization's business requirements collected for implementation;
• Proficient in analytical and statistical methodologies for segmenting customers and accounts based on behavior and profiles, fine-tuning and enhancing transaction monitoring scenarios, and developing models for customer risk rating;
• Knowledge of BSA/AML regulations and familiarity with other pertinent AML regulatory guidelines and requirements;
• General comprehension of a typical AML investigation workflow;
• Proven ability to automate manual processes using programming languages such as Python, and intelligent robotic process automation (RPA) tools such as Automation Anywhere, Pega, and UIPath;
• Experience consulting in the Financial Crimes space and working in a regulatory environment;
• Providing end-to-end implementation of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions systems and platforms, such as Actimize and/or Fircosoft; and,
• Proficiency with SQL and Python.

Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader within the following areas:

• Leading a key work stream in an engagement(s), staying educated on current trends, and assisting in the development of knowledge capital for team members;
• Collaborating with business development teams responsible for writing and presenting proposals to prospective clients;
• Leveraging PC applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project and Lotus notes;
• Demonstrating aptitude for conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses of large and complex data as it relates to the project requirements in the Financial Crimes space;
• Supporting practice management for a specific operation or process in a consultative environment; and,
• Managing and/or contributing to project planning, engagement administration, budget management, and successful completion of engagement work stream(s).

Travel Requirements
Up to 40%
Job Posting End Date
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