Senior Data Analyst (Contract)

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze transactions, accounts, customer profiles, alerts, and third-party data to identify suspicious patterns, anomalies, and emerging risks
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries and Python scripts to extract, manipulate, and analyze large financial datasets hands-on
• Design and implement financial crime detection models, scenarios, and rule sets tailored to AML typologies
• Conduct root cause analyses on financial crime incidents to improve detection accuracy and prevention strategies
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest, clean, and validate data from multiple sources
• Develop clear, compelling dashboards and reports in Power BI to support investigator decision-making and stakeholder reporting
• Leverage graph analytics to map and analyze relationships between entities, accounts, and transactions
• Translate forensic data analyses into findings and recommendations that enable effective, timely investigations
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to building overall team capability

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a related field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Finance)
• 7+ years of hands-on, production-level SQL coding — complex queries, stored procedures, and performance-tuned scripts against large financial datasets
• Experience in financial crimes, AML, or a closely related field
• Hands-on Python coding for data wrangling, automation, statistical analysis, and financial crime detection logic
• Robust ETL capabilities, ideally with SSIS, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks or Alteryx
• Strong Power BI skills for interactive dashboards, data models, and executive-level reporting; Tableau experience is a plus
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and working with AML data infrastructure in cloud environments
• Strong understanding of AML typologies such as structuring, layering, and trade-based money laundering
• Excellent communication skills, able to present complex findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders and team members
• Ability to self-manage multiple workstreams independently in a fast-paced, client-facing environment
• Prior experience at a major financial institution or financial crimes consulting firm
• Experience with Alteryx for data blending, workflow automation, and advanced analytics
• Familiarity with major AML platforms such as Actimize, Oracle FCCM, or NICE

Pay

Minimum Hourly Rate: $60.00 | Maximum Hourly Rate: $90.00