System Analyst (AML / Actimize)

D L RESOURCES PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PVH in Singapore seeks a Senior AML/Financial Crime integration specialist to lead watchlist screening across banking, CRM, and onboarding platforms. You will design data flows, calibrate fuzzy matching, and implement real-time alerting for case management.

The role requires extensive SDLC experience, strong SQL and data-mapping skills, and proven collaboration with Compliance, Risk, and Tech teams. Expect a hands-on, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of functional experience within Financial Crime, AML, or Sanctions technology.
• Good understanding and experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in working in vendor environments.
• Ability to document and transfer knowledge to production teams post-cutover.
• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• API & Systems Integration: Define, document, and map integration specifications between watchlist tools and core banking, CRM, and onboarding platforms.
• Watchlist Data Engineering: Configure systems to ingest and reconcile watchlist data including sanctions, PEP, and adverse media.
• Event Architecture & Alerting: Design workflows for real-time or near real-time alert generation for case management systems.
• System Calibration & Tuning: Develop and optimize fuzzy matching rules and screening parameters to reduce false positives but meet regulatory requirements.
• Data Quality & Governance: Establish data quality frameworks and lineage controls for screening data.
• Regulatory Compliance Alignment: Ensure solutions comply with MAS, FATF, OFAC and support audits.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare FSDs, architecture diagrams, API data dictionaries, user stories and process flows.
• UAT & Testing Governance: Lead UAT, regression testing, and validation during upgrades.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Tech teams, and vendors to gather requirements.
• Issue Resolution & Risk Management: Identify, track, and resolve integration issues and risks in AML screening processes.
• Process Optimization: Improve screening workflows and reduce manual interventions.
• Training & User Enablement: Create training materials and support end-users during rollouts.
• Data Privacy & Security Compliance: Ensure PDPA, GDPR compliance in handling sensitive data.
• Solutioning & Architecture Alignment: Align regulatory requirements with technical design for scalable, low-latency AML screening.

Skills

SQL proficiency

AML/Financial Crime

SDLC

Stakeholder management

Data mapping

Vendor management

Strong communicator

Tools

REST APIs

JSON

Watchlist modules

Job description

Responsibilities

• API & Systems Integration: Define, document, and map technical integration specifications (REST APIs, JSON payloads) between Watchlist Management tools and core banking, CRM, and onboarding platforms.


• Watchlist Data Engineering: Configure systems to ingest, normalize, and reconcile structured and unstructured global watchlist data (Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media) along with internal lists.


• Event Architecture & Alerting: Design event-driven workflows to enable real-time or near real-time alert generation for downstream case management systems (e.g., Detica, Actimize).


• System Calibration &Tuning: Develop and optimize fuzzy matching rules, filtering logic, and screening parameters to reduce false positives while maintaining regulatory compliance.


• Data Quality &Governance: Establish data quality frameworks, validation rules, and lineage controls to ensure accuracy, completeness, and traceability of screening data.


• Regulatory Compliance Alignment: Ensure solutions adhere to AML/CFT regulations (e.g., MAS, FATF,OFAC) and support audits and regulatory reporting requirements.


• Technical Documentation: Prepare Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), architecture diagrams, API data dictionaries, user stories, and process flows.


• UAT & Testing Governance: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and validation activities for system upgrades and enhancements.


• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Technology teams, and external vendors to gather requirements and drive alignment.


• Issue Resolution &Risk Management: Identify, track, and resolve issues, risks, and integration challenges impacting AML screening and compliance processes.


• Process Optimization: Continuously improve screening workflows, reduce manual intervention, and enhance operational efficiency.


• Training & User Enablement: Create training materials and support end-users during rollouts, upgrades, and process changes.


• Data Privacy &Security Compliance: Ensure adherence to data protection and privacy regulations (e.g., PDPA, GDPR) in handling sensitive data.


• Solutioning &Architecture Alignment: Bridge regulatory requirements with technical design, ensuring scalable, high-performance, and low-latency AML screening solutions.

Requirements

• You will typically be assigned to work on specific projects and is expected to support the Application Delivery.


• Manage relevant technical/functional flows, end-to-end, within the project.


• You are expected to ensure your work are adequately documented and transferred to the production team post-cutover.


• Commitment.


• Minimum 4 years of working experience in application testing, development and delivery.


• Minimum 6 years of functional experience within Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), or Sanctions compliance technology.


• Good understanding and experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).


• A strong & assertive communicator in speaking & writing Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills.


• Experience in working in vendor environment.


• Experience in data mapping.

Key Domain / Technical Skills

• Strong capability to write complex SQL queries, understand relational database schemas, and map data attributes across legacy and modern platforms.


• Experience within Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), or Sanctions compliance technology.


• Understanding of fuzzy matching principles, string-matching algorithms, and name screening data architectures


• Good to have: Proficiency with REST APIs, JSON formats.


• Database (Ability to use and understand for the purpose of analysis and design an investigation)


• Experience in configuring, implementing, or administering any Watchlist tool modules


• Analyse Requirements and form solutions for the application.


• Works with external application/user teams on E2E executions.