Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Location: London - Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

Day Rate: Market rates (Inside IR35)

Duration: 6 months

Role description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support the delivery of Transaction Monitoring solutions within a regulated investment banking environment. The role focuses on analysing complex financial crime and anti-money laundering processes and translating regulatory, business and data requirements into clear and actionable user stories within Agile delivery teams.

You will work closely with compliance, financial crime and technology stakeholders to support the development of data-led solutions for high-risk, transaction-heavy environments. This position plays a key role in strengthening anti-financial crime controls across large-scale banking platforms in the UK and Europe.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse and document end-to-end Transaction Monitoring and Anti-Financial Crime processes within a regulated banking environment
• Elicit, analyse and translate regulatory, compliance and business requirements into well-defined user stories and functional specifications
• Collaborate with Compliance, Financial Crime, Product Owners and Technology teams to define and deliver effective Transaction Monitoring solutions
• Support Agile delivery teams through backlog refinement, sprint ceremonies and requirement clarification
• Conduct data analysis using SQL to assess transaction behaviour, validate business rules and support regulatory investigations
• Work with technical teams to ensure accurate interpretation of business logic, data flows and monitoring scenarios
• Support testing activities including test scenario definition, requirements validation and defect triage
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies and control weaknesses within existing Transaction Monitoring processes and recommend improvements
• Ensure all solutions align with AML, KYC and relevant financial crime regulatory requirements
• Act as a key liaison between business, compliance and technology teams to ensure successful and timely delivery of solutions

Key skills, knowledge and experience

• Strong hands-on experience (5+ years) in Transaction Monitoring, Anti-Money Laundering or Anti-Financial Crime within banking or financial services
• Overall 8+ years of experience in business analysis and data analysis within complex, data-heavy environments
• Proven experience translating requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications within Agile or Scrum teams
• Ability to write SQL queries at a basic to intermediate level for data analysis, rule validation and regulatory support use cases
• Strong stakeholder management experience across compliance, financial crime and technology teams with ability to bridge business and technical discussions

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Exposure to investment banking or capital markets environments
• Experience working with UK or European regulatory frameworks or bodies
• Experience supporting testing activities including UAT coordination and defect management
• Ability to identify process inefficiencies and control gaps and propose data-driven improvements
• Experience working in large, global and cross-functional delivery environments