Financial Crimes Quality Assurance (QA) Sr. Analyst
Core
Strengthen the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of Second Line of Defense financial crimes oversight through complex QA reviews, issue identification, and continuous improvement.
Role type
Senior IC Financial Crimes Quality Assurance Analyst
Builds
QA methodologies, test scripts, defect taxonomies, and scoring frameworks for governance and oversight effectiveness
Domain
Financial Services / Regulatory Compliance (BSA/AML, Sanctions, Fraud)
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
QA review of financial crimes activities, risk-based judgment evaluation, issue identification and escalation assessment, remediation validation, coaching and technical guidance, calibration of QA methodologies, root cause analysis, data analytics for inconsistency detection, regulatory framework knowledge, Three Lines of Defense model understanding
Preferred skills
CAMS/CFE/CRCM certification, Transaction Monitoring experience, Suspicious Activity Investigations experience, CDD/EDD experience, Sanctions compliance experience, data analytics tool usage
Technologies
Data analytics tools, reporting tools
Responsibilities
Perform quality checks and complex QA reviews of Second Line of Defense financial crimes activities; Evaluate analyst work for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with standards; Assess effectiveness of Second Line oversight; Review deficiencies and issues for severity and evidence; Validate issue remediation and closure documentation; Provide coaching and technical guidance to QA Analysts; Support calibration activities for consistent QA methodologies; Identify recurring issues, trends, and control weaknesses; Develop and refine test scripts and scoring frameworks; Ensure differentiation between execution errors and oversight deficiencies; Support QA reporting and metrics communication
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC