Product Analyst

Act as Business Product owner and / or Business Analyst within the BSA, Sanctions or Payments initiative inside the FCRM organization

Collaborate with cross functional team members to align on business process design as it relates to solution definition and adherence to FCRM required controls and processes

Provide status reporting for business side of project-oriented work efforts as Financial Crimes

Utilize detailed domain knowledge to determine FCRM system impacts and create detailed user stories and acceptance criteria (KYC, Sanctions, AML, Fraud, Payments & Channels Product Knowledge)

Identify and define current ‘As-Is’ business processes and ‘To-Be’ business processes, conduct gap analysis, analyze requirements and deliver various project artifacts : User stories / Backlog / BRDS, Acceptance Criteria, Definition of Done, User persona, Visio screen mock-ups, Interface designs, Data Mapping and other functional configuration documentations. Conduct JAD sessions

Participate in Product Increment Planning, sprint planning, and t-shirt sizing activities for assigned work area

Design and implement effective change management strategies and plans that include the communication strategy, education & training approach, resistance to change, sustaining change after implementation, measuring expected benefits and ROI

Configure and draft Business Architecture diagrams & workflows

Requirements : Bachelor’s degree

8+ years of professional experience in Product owner / business analyst related to Financial Crimes, BSA and OFAC

Flexibility to work in global time zones

Experience in developing seamless end-to-end digital solutions across organizational boundaries

Financial Crimes Risk Management Operations / Business domain knowledge :

Advanced knowledge of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) / Anti-money laundering (AML) disciplines to include KYC operations, Sanctions Operations, Fraud Operations, AML Operations and Compliance

Hands on knowledge in CIP, CDD, EDD, Customer Risk Rating, SAR filing, CTR, 314a, 314b, Transactions screening, PEP / Adverse Media party screening, etc.

Business Systems Analysis knowledge in Agile framework & Agile tools :

Have worked in the capacity of Product Owner / Product Lead / Product Analyst

Experience in drafting backlogs, PI & sprint planning, burn down & burn up metrics, KPIs

Hands-on experience in Jira, Confluence, OFSAA KYC Engine, OFSAA ECM, Fircosoft, Bottomline, SAS AML alert engine

Hands-on experience in drafting Map & Gap analysis, Workflows & Wireframes, User Stories / Business Requirements, UAT, SQL queries, Data Mapping, Deployment plan, Business Roll Back plan, Change Management, Training

Advanced Business Systems Analysis experience

Experience working in Core Banking Systems, Payment Systems, Middleware and Transaction Screening Systems

Deep understanding of Commercial Banking operations is a must (e.g., key operating models, processes, and practices)

Technical knowledge of FCRM related Systems & Tools inclusive of OFSAA, Fircosoft, Accuity, Bottomline, SAS AML alert engine, LexisNexis, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Outlook, SQL, Data Warehousing, QBEE, Reporting, SharePoint, Pivot Charts, Pivot Tables