AML & Compliance Data Specialist - Transaction Monitoring

Nodi; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nodi is seeking a seasoned Data Specialist to lead AML/CFT transaction monitoring analytics in Madrid. You will own end-to-end data workflows, collaborate with data scientists, and drive data strategy within Compliance across LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.

You will shape monitoring automation, ensure regulatory reporting accuracy, and partner with Compliance Leadership to translate evolving requirements into concrete data needs. This role offers substantial influence and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or proven experience in a correlated field.
• 5+ years of experience in data analytics, risk, or fraud/financial crime analytics.
• Strong SQL and Python (Databricks environment preferred); ML frameworks are a plus, not required.
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end data lifecycle from raw data to reporting.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical liaison with Data, Product and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end analytical lifecycle of our rule-based transaction monitoring systems, from data pulling and exploration in Databricks to proposing rule and threshold changes.
• Maintain and refine our false negative methodology — identifying gaps in monitoring.
• Help shape the agentic monitoring function as we expand automation across AML/CFT monitoring flows.
• Act as the technical liaison with data scientists for ML-driven detection and ensure outputs are usable for compliance decisions.
• Own regulatory reporting for AML/CFT transaction monitoring, ensuring data accuracy, completeness and traceability.
• Build and maintain audit-ready documentation for every methodology change for regulators or auditors.
• Engage Compliance Leadership to translate evolving AML/CFT requirements into data and monitoring needs.
• Generate reports and dashboards communicating framework performance and monitoring effectiveness to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

AML/CFT

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/DS/Statistics/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Nodi is seeking a seasoned Data Specialist to lead AML/CFT transaction monitoring analytics in Madrid. You will own end-to-end data workflows, collaborate with data scientists, and drive data strategy within Compliance across LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.

You will shape monitoring automation, ensure regulatory reporting accuracy, and partner with Compliance Leadership to translate evolving requirements into concrete data needs. This role offers substantial influence and autonomy.