System Analyst (Contract)

About our client: Local MNC client

Responsibilities:

• API & Systems Integration: Define, document, and map technical integration specifications (REST APIs, JSON payloads) between Watchlist Management tools and core banking, CRM, and onboarding platforms.
• Watchlist Data Engineering: Configure systems to ingest, normalize, and reconcile structured and unstructured global watchlist data (Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media) along with internal lists.
• Event Architecture & Alerting: Design event-driven workflows to enable real-time or near real-time alert generation for downstream case management systems (e.g., Detica, Actimize).
• System Calibration & Tuning: Develop and optimize fuzzy matching rules, filtering logic, and screening parameters to reduce false positives while maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Data Quality & Governance: Establish data quality frameworks, validation rules, and lineage controls to ensure accuracy, completeness, and traceability of screening data.
• Regulatory Compliance Alignment: Ensure solutions adhere to AML/CFT regulations (e.g., MAS, FATF, OFAC) and support audits and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), architecture diagrams, API data dictionaries, user stories, and process flows.
• UAT & Testing Governance: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and validation activities for system upgrades and enhancements.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Technology teams, and external vendors to gather requirements and drive alignment.
• Issue Resolution & Risk Management: Identify, track, and resolve issues, risks, and integration challenges impacting AML screening and compliance processes.
• Process Optimization: Continuously improve screening workflows, reduce manual intervention, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Training & User Enablement: Create training materials and support end-users during rollouts, upgrades, and process changes.
• Data Privacy & Security Compliance: Ensure adherence to data protection and privacy regulations (e.g., PDPA, GDPR) in handling sensitive data.
• Solutioning & Architecture Alignment: Bridge regulatory requirements with technical design, ensuring scalable, high-performance, and low-latency AML screening solutions.

Requirement:

• Minimum a Bachelor Degree.
• Minimum 6 years of working experience in application testing, development and delivery.
• Minimum 6 years of functional experience within Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), or Sanctions compliance technology.
• Good understanding and experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• A strong & assertive communicator in speaking & writing Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills.

Interested candidates, who wish to apply for the above position, please send in your resume to Mohamed.basith@persolapac.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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