Business Analyst

TTC Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company based in London is looking for a Business Analyst to handle transaction monitoring for financial crime. The ideal candidate will work closely with the front office and focus on payments and loans. Responsibilities include detailed requirements gathering, creating data mapping specifications, and using a BDD approach. Essential skills include experience in transaction monitoring and SQL, with a working knowledge of Python considered a plus. This position supports a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Experience in Transaction monitoring / AFC space.
• Ability to create user stories and drive solutions in Agile teams.
• Ability to write simple SQL queries for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Gather detailed requirements and document them.
• Create data mapping and transformation specifications.
• Utilize BDD approach for documentation.
• Establish benchmarks for model specification.

Skills

Transaction monitoring

Agile analysis

SQL

Tools

Python

Job description

Role: Business Analyst

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

The Role

As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for Transaction monitoring for financial crime. Team works closely with front office with a strong quantitative focus. Associate is expected to establish a benchmark for the "model specification" capability. The successful process will then be cloned for other regions across the world. Role primarily focuses on payments but can also include loans and trade transactions, varying by region. The team works with the business to validate and implement the monitoring scope.

Key responsibilities

• Detailed requirements gathering and documentation.
• Creating granular data mapping and transformation specifications (down to the data element level).
• Moving from traditional Word documents to a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) approach using the "Given-When-Then" syntax.
• To establish a benchmark for the "model specification" capability.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience

• Experience in Transaction monitoring / AFC space
• Ability to create user stories with right analysis and drive the solution in an Agile team
• Ability to write simple SQL queries to be able to perform data analysis

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience

• Working knowledge on Python.