AML Business Analyst

GTT, LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GTT, LLC is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support regulatory reporting and data analysis initiatives in Canada. The role focuses on LCTR/CTR, data lineage and mapping within a high-risk financial services program with both Waterfall and Agile methods.

You will engage stakeholders across a team of 5–10 and beyond, ensuring compliant requirements and strong analytical deliverables. Ideal candidates bring 8–10 years in financial services BA, AML regulatory knowledge and experience with data

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of project/program Business Analysis in Financial Services
• Proficient with MS Office suite and PM tools
• Know-how in AML, KYC, CDD and regulatory reporting (LCTR/CTR)

Responsibilities

• Lead BA team across governance for requirements gathering and documentation
• Lead requirements work packages for high-risk regulatory projects
• Develop delivery plans aligned with milestones and constraints
• Estimate, forecast and manage requirements effort (cost, resources, timeline)
• Manage interdependencies across multiple work streams
• Ensure requirements are complete, concise, compliant, and testable
• Engage stakeholders to reach agreement and sign-off
• Assess change requests for impact and alignment
• Identify and manage risks and issues
• Document current state and potential improvements
• Analyze impacts on customers, processes, technology and budgets
• Understand, prioritize and document business requirements

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory domain knowledge

Analytical thinking

Project governance

Team collaboration

Education

University degree in business or finance

Business Analysis accreditation

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Outlook

Excel

Visio

Word

PowerPoint

Project

SharePoint

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Summary

As the Senior Business Analyst, you will operate within a leading financial institution on regulatory reporting and data analysis projects, including Large Cash Transaction Reporting (LCTR/CTR) and data mapping, lineage, and modeling initiatives. The role involves 50% interaction with stakeholders across a project team of 5 10 members that grows with stakeholder engagement. The position follows both Waterfall and Agile methodologies and is focused on high-risk, strategic, and regulatory programs within the Financial Services Industry. Working knowledge of AML sanctions including regulatory frameworks and regulatory scrutiny is highly valued by stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead other Business Analysts on the Program to ensure there is governance across the Pods as it relates to requirements gathering and documentation
• Lead requirements work packages for large sized, high risk, strategic and regulatory projects or programs
• Lead development of a delivery approach and work plan, aligned with the project milestone dates and considering constraints, dependencies and strategic drivers
• Estimate, forecast and manage the requirements effort including cost, resource and timeline
• Manage requirements interdependencies among multiple work streams or projects
• Establish a process to ensure requirements captured are completed, concise, accurate, compliant to methodology and standards, and are testable
• Engage, enable and lead stakeholders to final agreement and signoff of the deliverables
• Assess change requests and their impacts, checking for alignment to initiative objectives at all stages
• Identify and manage risks and issues, escalating to senior management and partners where appropriate
• Identify, document and validate current state processes and capabilities
• Support business with defining the business need or problem and identifying potential solutions
• Analyze impacts to customers, stakeholders, employees, process, technology and budgets of selected solutions
• Understand, challenge, categorize, prioritize and document business requirements

Required Skills

• Must have a minimum of 8 10 years of project/program Business Analysis experience in the Financial Services Industry following Waterfall and Agile methodology
• Must have sound knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint and Project
• Must have knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering concepts like KYC (Know Your Customer), Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Regulatory Reporting Large Cash Transaction Reporting (LCTR), Suspicious Transaction Reporting (STR), etc. and regulations (FINTRAC)
• Experience working with Transaction Monitoring and Customer Risk Rating applications that are used to monitor Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) activities and customers
• Experience working with data analysis and understanding of data lineage, data quality and source to target mapping
• Experience using SharePoint, JIRA and Confluence
• Strong team player with excellent communication, relationship management, consensus building and influencing skills
• Proactive and highly motivated individual with good work ethic and time management skills
• An independent thinker with strong business acumen, analytical and conceptualization skills, and the ability to identify process improvements as necessary
• Ability to learn quickly, promote a positive team environment, and exceed expectations with minimal supervision
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal are essential

Preferred Skills

• AML sanction certifications nice to have
• AML sanctions experience helpful understanding of framework and regulatory scrutiny

Education Requirements

• University degree in business, finance or related discipline (required)
• Business Analysis accreditation an asset

Required Experience

• Minimum of 8 10 years of project/program Business Analysis experience in the Financial Services Industry following Waterfall and Agile methodology

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Interview Process

• Interview process: 2 rounds of interviews most likely both virtual
• Access to customer data: Yes

About the Client

This client is a leading financial services and banking institution operating across Canada with a significant cross‑border presence, employing tens of thousands of professionals in roles spanning regulatory compliance, risk management, technology, and business analysis. The organization places a strong emphasis on Anti‑Money Laundering governance, regulatory reporting, and data integrity programs, and engages business analysts, solutions developers, compliance specialists, and technology professionals to support its strategic and regulatory initiatives.

About GTT

GTT is a minority‑owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American‑owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-12468 Industry: Operations & Management