Required Skills: KYC
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst – Banking/KYC/AML.
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: W2
Job Summary:
Stash Financial, Inc. is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with a strong background in banking operations, KYC (Know Your Customer), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of experience in the financial services domain, with a deep understanding of regulatory compliance, customer onboarding workflows, and financial product life cycle analysis. This role requires a strategic thinker who can partner closely with product, engineering, compliance, and operations teams to gather and translate business requirements into actionable insights and deliverables.
Key Responsibilities:
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Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements for financial services products, with emphasis on KYC and AML compliance.
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Collaborate with stakeholders across compliance, product, and engineering to define onboarding, verification, and transaction monitoring processes.
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Conduct detailed gap analyses and impact assessments of new regulations or compliance changes.
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Develop user stories, process flows, BRDs (Business Requirements Documents), and functional specifications.
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Assist in the design and testing of systems related to KYC/AML processes, customer onboarding, and financial transaction reporting.
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Monitor industry trends and regulatory changes to ensure alignment with best practices.
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Participate in UAT (User Acceptance Testing), identify defects, and ensure requirements are met.
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Provide insights on banking operations, risk mitigation strategies, and data analysis.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10+ years of Business Analyst experience in the banking or fintech industry.
- Strong expertise in KYC, AML, fraud detection, and regulatory reporting frameworks.
- Proven experience with customer onboarding, risk profiling, and compliance workflows
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
- Excellent documentation skills – BRDs, FRDs, process maps, and data flow diagrams.
- Knowledge of banking systems, third-party KYC vendors, and AML monitoring tools
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Understanding of regulatory standards like BSA/AML, FATF guidelines, OFAC, etc.
- Experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, SQL (for data analysis), and Tableau or other BI tools is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working at or with fintech firms.
Certification in AML (e.g., CAMS) or Business Analysis (e.g., CBAP) is a plus.
Familiarity with digital identity verification technologies and platforms.