Business Systems Analyst - Financial Crime
Posted 4 days ago by Synapri
£475 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Summary: The role of Systems Business Analyst – Financial Crime involves leading the migration of financial crime business rules to a new centralized platform for a FinTech payments service provider. This hybrid position in Edinburgh is focused on ensuring regulatory compliance and operational readiness during a large-scale migration program. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams to enhance system performance and rule effectiveness. This is a 9-month contract offering a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the migration of critical financial crime business rules to new systems
- Design, develop, test, and implement fraud and transaction monitoring rules
- Analyse data to improve rule performance and operational efficiency
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Product, Tech, and Operations teams
- Monitor and validate system performance, reporting issues and improvements
- Support operational readiness, automation, and forecasting models
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in financial crime system migrations within financial services
- Expertise in AML, KYC, fraud, and regulatory compliance
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SQL, Python, Tableau, or similar tools
- Experience working with Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Detection platforms
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
- Strong project management and delivery skills in regulated environments
Salary (Rate): £475/day
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
The Opportunity
We’re working with a leading FinTech payments service provider undergoing a large-scale migration programme, and they’re looking for a Systems Business Analyst – Financial Crime to join them on a 9-month contract. This is a hybrid role based in Edinburgh, paying £375–£475/day outside IR35.
You’ll play a key role in delivering the migration of financial crime business rules—covering Transaction Monitoring and Fraud systems—to a new centralised platform, ensuring regulatory compliance, rule effectiveness, and operational readiness.
Your Impact
As a Systems Business Analyst, you will:
- Lead the migration of critical financial crime business rules to new systems
- Design, develop, test, and implement fraud and transaction monitoring rules
- Analyse data to improve rule performance and operational efficiency
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Product, Tech, and Operations teams
- Monitor and validate system performance, reporting issues and improvements
- Support operational readiness, automation, and forecasting models
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience in financial crime system migrations within financial services
- Expertise in AML, KYC, fraud, and regulatory compliance
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SQL, Python, Tableau, or similar tools
- Experience working with Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Detection platforms
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
- Strong project management and delivery skills in regulated environments
Please apply for immediate consideration