Financial Crime Business Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by Square One Resources
£400 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK
Summary: The Financial Crime Business Analyst role involves leading analysis and requirements elicitation for financial crime initiatives within a global payments business. The position focuses on enhancing regulatory alignment and operational resilience through structured requirements and governance. The successful candidate will drive end-to-end analysis across complex programmes, ensuring strong traceability and compliance with regulatory standards. This contract position is set to start on 30/03/2026 in Northampton.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define analysis scope, approach, deliverables, and governance across financial crime initiatives
- Lead high-quality requirements elicitation with strong traceability and regulatory alignment
- Produce structured, testable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Drive end-to-end analysis across complex, cross-functional programmes
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Business Analyst within Financial Crime or regulatory environments
- Strong expertise in AML, KYC and sanctions frameworks
- Proven leadership in requirements governance, process modelling, and control analysis
- Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate into actionable deliverables
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: Northampton
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title: Financial Crime Business Analyst
Location: NorthHampton
Salary/Rate: £357 - 400
Start Date: 30/03/2026
Job Type: Contract
Company Introduction
Our client, is a leading global payments business and part of. With a strong focus on innovation, compliance, and customer experience, they are investing heavily in financial crime transformation programmes to enhance regulatory alignment and operational resilience.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
1.Define analysis scope, approach, deliverables, and governance across financial crime initiatives
2.Lead high-quality requirements elicitation with strong traceability and regulatory alignment
3.Produce structured, testable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
4.Drive end-to-end analysis across complex, cross-functional programmes
Required Skills/Experience
1.Extensive experience as a Business Analyst within Financial Crime or regulatory environments
2.Strong expertise in AML, KYC and sanctions frameworks
3.Proven leadership in requirements governance, process modelling, and control analysis
4.Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate into actionable deliverables
Desirable Skills/Experience
1. Experience designing enterprise operating models or control framework
2. Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence and Viseo
3. Background in regulatory remediation, Control framework and enforcement - driven programmes
4. Experience mentoring or coaching junior Business Analysts
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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