AML/BSA Specialist

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is seeking an AML/BSA Specialist for a Minneapolis, MN hybrid, 12+ month contract engagement.

The role focuses on reviewing queue-based compliance reports, analyzing data, and remediating issues to maintain accurate customer and account records. Key responsibilities include documenting testing outcomes, tracking action items, and ensuring audit-ready evidence while supporting KYC/AML processes in payments or banking contexts.

Qualifications

• Experience in AML/KYC or Financial Crimes Operations.
• Experience reviewing and resolving data issues in compliance queues.
• Proficient in Excel with large data files.
• Experience in case management or control testing environments.
• Experience supporting Payments operations or complex financial products.

Responsibilities

• Review queue-based compliance reports.
• Analyze records to identify data issues.
• Remediate within approved systems and route items to partner teams.
• Create and manage testing or case records.
• Assign, track, and resolve action items per control requirements.
• Validate reporting accuracy and reconcile counts across systems.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and evidence.
• Perform quality checks for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Communicate status and issues to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

AML/KYC

Data analysis

Excel

Documentation

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Tools

BI tools

Job description

Immediate need for a talented AML/BSA Specialist. This is a 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid).

Job ID: 26-24117

Pay Range: $28/hr - $31/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Working hours: Flexible between 7am-5pm CST
• Review queue-based compliance reports from enterprise reporting tools on a recurring basis.
• Analyze records to identify root causes of incomplete, incorrect, or missing customer or account data.
• Perform remediation within approved systems when permitted and route items requiring additional action to appropriate partner teams.
• Create and manage testing or case records to document review, outcomes, and decisions.
• Assign, track, and resolve “action” and “pending” items in alignment with control requirements.
• Validate reporting accuracy by reconciling record counts and outcomes across systems.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and evidence in designated shared repositories.
• Perform quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of work
• Communicate status, trends, and issues to stakeholders and leadership

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Must have;Anti Money Laundering
• Experience in KYC, AML, or Financial Crimes Operations, preferably supporting Payments or Retail Banking.
• Experience reviewing and resolving customer or account-level data issues in compliance or operational queues.
• Ability to use business intelligence or reporting tools (e.g., dashboards, extracted reports) to analyze and validate data.
• Experience working in a case management or control testing environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including review of large data files, validation of counts, and comparison of datasets.
• Ability to identify data discrepancies, analyze root causes, and document outcomes.
• Experience maintaining documentation and evidence to support controls, audits, or examinations.
• Experience supporting Payments operations or complex financial products.
• Familiarity with customer identification, verification, or ownership data defect.
• Prior involvement in control execution, issue management, or regulatory exam support.
• Exposure .to additional reporting and visualization tools used in risk or compliance monitoring.
• Experience following formal document retention and evidence management standards.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow documented procedures precisely.
• Ability to manage recurring deliverables with minimal oversight.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with data, risk, and compliance partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for documenting findings and escalations.

Our client is a leading Banking Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

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