Moodys Analytics - Compliance Analytics Role - Knowledge Services - BFSI Domain

Position Description:

The Compliance Analytics Team analyses and models compliance risk. The team utilizes both quantitative (statistical) techniques and qualitative analysis in support of risk assessments and other compliance initiatives. The team combines advanced data analytics skills with domain understanding of AML, KYC, and fraud/forensic analytics to develop and maintain technology-based tools for compliance functions. We are seeking specialists in this space who can build and grow the services for our marquee clients, which include top investment banks, asset managers, and commercial banks around the world.

Responsibilities:

- Expertise in AML suspicious Activity monitoring, as well as significant technical expertise in SAS programming.

- Should be able to write complex programs, code analysis and models in SAS, and (or) R.

- Optimizing the thresholds and derive a statistical approach to finalize the thresholds based on the model requirements.

- Strong experience of writing complex queries in SQL and a very good understanding of databases like Oracle & Teradata.

- Exposure to statistical approaches like Clustering, Attribute analysis etc is a must

- Analyse large volumes of data utilizing tools, such as SAS, STATA, R, SQL, and Excel, and document methodologies and findings

- Contribute to compliance risk modelling, analyse and apply data to risk models

- Expertise in Customer Segmentation and validation of the customer segmentations for banks customer data.

- Expertise in Actimize SAM, CDD, WLF, Trade Surveillance, EFT models.

- Ability to build and validate various AML Models on platforms like Actimize, Mantas, Detica, SAS AML and fine tune the existing models for better performance.

- Understanding of other AML tools like Mantas, Norkom, SAS AML would be an added advantage

- Test model factors, weights, and thresholds

- Write methodology and procedure documents

- Present proposals and findings of analysis to clients, team members, stakeholders, and senior management

Required qualifications

- 3-5 years of experience in the BFSI domain, with 3+ years in compliance analytics

- Expertise in SAS, including but not limited to Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS Macro, and EG

- Strong experience of writing complex queries in SQL and a very good understanding of databases like Oracle & Teradata

- Experience in statistical modelling and analysis, using techniques such as regression analysis, multivariate analysis, factor analysis, and clustering

- Experience in any of the areas - AML transaction monitoring, KYC and customer information management, sanctions, fraud, models and model validation, FIU and investigation support, anti-bribery and corruption, surveillance, and monitoring

- Specialities: FCPA, analytics, anti-money laundering (AML), forensic accounting, corporate investigations, business intelligence, data warehousing and ETL, data visualization, database design and development, and requirement gathering

- Strong analytical and problem-solving expertise

- ACAMS certification would be an added advantage