Technical Business Analyst (Financial Crime / Quantexa)

Pontoon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon is seeking a Technical Business Analyst to join a major Financial Crime Transformation programme in London. You will define data, integration and technical requirements, ensuring data quality and supporting delivery of a strategic initiative within a global banking environment.

The role requires experience in Financial Crime, AML, Transaction Monitoring, data analysis and systems integration, working across Compliance, Technology, Data Governance and Operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in Banking or Financial Services sector as a Business Analyst.
• Background in Financial Crime, AML, Transaction Monitoring, sanctions, fraud or compliance transformations.
• Data analysis, data mapping and data governance.
• Source-to-target mapping and data lineage.
• Data quality assessment, profiling and validation.
• System integrations, interfaces and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business and technology stakeholders to gather, analyse and document technical and data requirements.
• Analyse source systems, data flows, interfaces and system dependencies.
• Develop and maintain source-to-target mapping documentation.
• Perform data discovery, profiling and validation across multiple source systems.
• Assess data quality, completeness and integrity, identifying gaps and remediation actions.
• Support data governance requirements, critical data elements and data quality controls.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define integration requirements and support solution design activities.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, technical specifications, solution design and testing outcomes.
• Support data readiness, implementation and production deployment activities.
• Participate in testing activities including SIT, UAT and data validation.
• Produce high-quality documentation including data dictionaries, mapping documents, requirements specifications and data gap assessments.
• Identify, manage and communicate project risks, issues and dependencies.

Skills

Financial Crime

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

SDLC

Agile & Waterfall

SIT/UAT

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Technical Business Analyst (Financial Crime / Quantexa)

Location: London (100 Liverpool Street)

Contract: Fixed-Term/Contract Opportunity

Department: Transformation & Change Management

Sector: Banking & Financial Services

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Technical Business Analyst to join a major Financial Crime Transformation programme within a leading global banking environment.

This role will support the implementation of a new Transaction Monitoring solution, working across Compliance, Technology, Data Governance, Operations and third-party vendors. The successful candidate will play a key role in defining data, integration and technical requirements, ensuring data quality and supporting the successful delivery of a strategic financial crime initiative.

This opportunity would suit an experienced Technical Business Analyst with a strong background in Financial Crime, Transaction Monitoring, AML, data analysis and systems integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business and technology stakeholders to gather, analyse and document technical and data requirements.
• Analyse source systems, data flows, interfaces and system dependencies.
• Develop and maintain source-to-target mapping documentation.
• Perform data discovery, profiling and validation activities across multiple source systems.
• Assess data quality, completeness and integrity, identifying gaps and remediation actions.
• Support the definition of data governance requirements, critical data elements and data quality controls.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define integration requirements and support solution design activities.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, technical specifications, solution design and testing outcomes.
• Support data readiness, implementation and production deployment activities.
• Participate in testing activities including SIT, UAT and data validation.
• Produce high-quality documentation including data dictionaries, mapping documents, requirements specifications and data gap assessments.
• Identify, manage and communicate project risks, issues and dependencies.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for professionals with experience in:

• Business Analysis within Banking or Financial Services.
• Financial Crime, AML, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions, Fraud or Compliance transformations.
• Data analysis, data mapping and data governance.
• Source-to-target mapping and data lineage.
• Data quality assessment, profiling and validation.
• System integrations, interfaces and APIs.
• Working across both business and technology teams.
• SDLC, Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• SIT, UAT and defect management.

Desirable Experience

• Transaction Monitoring implementations.
• Quantexa or comparable Financial Crime platforms.
• Capital Markets, Payments, Trade Finance or Transaction Processing environments.
• Data migration or data integration programmes.
• SQL, Power BI, Excel or similar analytical tools.
• Financial Crime Compliance, AML or Sanctions regulations.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a proactive and analytical Technical Business Analyst who is comfortable operating within complex transformation programmes. You will be able to translate business needs into technical solutions, work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders and contribute to the successful delivery of large-scale regulatory change initiatives