Technical Business Analyst (AML Compliance)

Paradigm Technology; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradigm is seeking a Technical Business Analyst (AML Compliance) to bridge policy and technology within our BSA/AML platform. The role emphasizes policy interpretation, data validation, and clear communication with compliance, operations, and business stakeholders.

You will write SQL to validate data, build traceability, and support audits, ensuring platform deliverables meet regulatory requirements. Remote, with strong data analytics focus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Compliance Analyst, or Systems Analyst in Financial Services.
• Working knowledge of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, sanctions screening, and recordkeeping.
• Proficiency in SQL: able to write joins, aggregations, subqueries, and window functions, and to build queries from scratch against relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to read dense policy and regulatory documents and turn them into clear requirements.
• Experience with building requirements documents, traceability matrices, and audit evidence.
• Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences and to hold business meetings with confidence.
• Strong attention to detail, with an organized approach to managing many documents and open items at once.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret BSA/AML policies, standards, procedures, and regulatory guidance, and translate them into clear, testable platform requirements.
• Track changes to policies and regulations and assess their impact on platform functionality, data, and reporting.
• Maintain a current inventory of requirements, owners, and the controls that support them.
• Meet with business and compliance stakeholders to explain what the platform delivers, what it does not, and where gaps exist.
• Translate technical concepts, system behavior, and data flows into plain language for non-technical audiences and translate business needs back into technical terms for delivery teams.
• Take part in planning, release, and change-management discussions, and document decisions and open items.
• Build and maintain a traceability matrix that ties each policy requirement to a specific platform deliverable, configuration, report, or control.
• Prepare and maintain business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, data dictionaries, and test evidence.
• Support internal audit, regulatory examinations, and independent reviews by gathering, organizing, and presenting evidence, and by responding to findings.
• Identify gaps between policy and delivery, document them, and track remediation to closure.

Skills

BSA/AML knowledge

SQL proficiency

Policy to requirements translation

Documentation & audit evidence

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Finance/Information Systems or related field

Job description

Position

Technical Business Analyst (AML Compliance)

Location

Phoenix, AZ (REMOTE)

Summary

• The Technical Business Analyst - BSA/AML Compliance Platform, is the bridge between the policy documents that govern the program and the technology that delivers it


• The Technical Business Analyst reads and interprets Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, then works with business and technology teams to confirm that what the platform delivers matches what the policies require


• The role is documentation-heavy and audit-facing


• The analyst traces each policy requirement to a platform deliverable, keeps the evidence organized, and explains technical functionality in plain language to compliance, operations, and business stakeholders


• Strong data skills are essential: the Technical Business Analyst writes SQL to validate data, test logic, and answer questions directly rather than waiting on a developer


• The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Power BI, SQL, data modeling, and data analysis, with the ability to transform complex data into actionable business insights


• This position is Remote

Responsibilities

Policy and Requirements Analysis

• Read and interpret BSA/AML policies, standards, procedures, and regulatory guidance, and translate them into clear, testable platform requirements


• Track changes to policies and regulations and assess their impact on platform functionality, data, and reporting


• Maintain a current inventory of requirements, owners, and the controls that support them

Business and Technology Partnership

• Meet with business and compliance stakeholders to explain what the platform delivers, what it does not, and where gaps exist


• Translate technical concepts, system behavior, and data flows into plain language for non-technical audiences and translate business needs back into technical terms for delivery teams


• Take part in planning, release, and change-management discussions, and document decisions and open items

Documentation, Audit, and Traceability

• Build and maintain a traceability matrix that ties each policy requirement to a specific platform deliverable, configuration, report, or control


• Prepare and maintain business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, data dictionaries, and test evidence


• Support internal audit, regulatory examinations, and independent reviews by gathering, organizing, and presenting evidence, and by responding to findings


• Identify gaps between policy and delivery, document them, and track remediation to closure

Data Analysis and SQL

• Write and optimize SQL queries to validate data quality, reconcile source systems, test monitoring and reporting logic, and answer ad hoc questions


• Profile data to find completeness, accuracy, and lineage issues, and recommend fixes


• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by designing test cases, running queries against expected results, and documenting outcomes

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Compliance Analyst, or Systems Analyst in Financial Services


• Working knowledge of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, sanctions screening, and recordkeeping


• Proficiency in SQL: able to write joins, aggregations, subqueries, and window functions, and to build queries from scratch against relational databases


• Demonstrated ability to read dense policy and regulatory documents and turn them into clear requirements


• Experience with building requirements documents, traceability matrices, and audit evidence


• Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences and to hold business meetings with confidence


• Strong attention to detail, with an organized approach to managing many documents and open items at once


• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Why Join Paradigm

At Paradigm, integrity drives innovation. You'll collaborate with curious, dedicated teammates, solving complex problems and unlocking immense data value for leading organizations. If you seek a place where your voice is heard, growth is supported, and your work creates lasting business value, you belong at Paradigm.

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