Analyst, AML Compliance

Western Union is a global organization focused on providing secure financial services. The Analyst in AML Compliance will play a vital role in shaping and delivering compliance requirements, ensuring filters operate effectively, and collaborating across various teams to meet regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed analysis of GSI filter calibration settings and parameters to ensure filters are operating as intended
• Assess calibration accuracy and alignment with defined business, technical, or compliance requirements
• Validates that filters are appropriately tuned to detect relevant patterns while minimizing false positives and false negatives
• Continuously monitor filter outputs to evaluate performance, stability, and effectiveness
• Conduct trend analysis and variance analyses to measure the impact of calibration changes
• Identify anomalies, deviations, or degradation in the filter over time
• Execute controlled testing of filter adjustments to confirm that performance aligns with expected outcomes
• Document calibration testing methodologies, outcomes, or over-triggering events
• Maintain detailed records of calibration activities, improvement initiatives, and key insights
• Support audit and compliance inquiries with clear data-backed calibration documentation
• Collaborate with relevant teams (operations, risk, engineering) to resolve identified issues
• Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to understand regulatory use cases, pain points, and future-state needs to meet regulatory obligations
• Collaborate with QA and UAT for various front-end groups to ensure compliance requirements are met
• Communicate and manage requirements expectations to stakeholders and external product organizations

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• 1+ years in AML or comparable field with professional experience in data analysis or business intelligence
• SQL skills required, with proven experience writing complex queries, optimizing performance, and handling large datasets
• Ability to parse, query, and analyze JSON structures within analytical workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in identifying root causes behind anomalies
• Experience working with complex systems across multiple stakeholder groups and domains
• Ability to effectively communicate business requirements to business and technical audiences
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks independently
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, especially in a cross-functional, matrixed environment
• Strong knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and preferably MS Access
• Must possess well developed interpersonal skills and be able to function well within a team-oriented environment
• Strong working knowledge of Snowflake or equivalent cloud-based data warehousing platforms preferred
• Familiarity with Python for data manipulation, automation or rule performance modeling a plus
• Prefer experience in compliance including knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering acts, laws and regulations as well as anti-money laundering issues and trends

Benefits

• Flexible Time off
• Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Global Adoption Assistance
• 401K plan

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