Global Anti Money Laundering Data Lead

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Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Job Summary Global Anti Money Laundering Data Lead
The Risk Analytics and Data Services (RADS) team drives value creation through data solutions advanced analytics and innovative technologies. The Risk Data Management vertical within RADS focuses on data delivery solutions supporting regulatory disclosures across corporate functions including but not limited to Treasury Controllers Credit Risk Anti Money Laundering Know Your Customer and Compliance. Interaction with internal stakeholders and external auditors is required to substantiate the completeness and accuracy of the data deliverables.
The ideal candidate brings a solid foundation in AML compliance and financial crime data analysisespecially in areas like KYC risk scoring transaction monitoring and annual risk assessments. This role bridges compliance risk analytics and business operations playing a key part in how we manage AML & KYC functions across the enterprise.

Job title: Specialist
Location: Pune/Bangalore
Experience: 12 years of relevant experience

Job Duties
Lead the development of AML data analytics to support the second lines oversight responsibilities.
Provide risk insights from KYC customer behavior and transaction activity data.
Develop and maintain risk scoring methodologies aligned with regulatory expectations and internal risk appetite.
Support the annual enterprise-wide financial crime risk assessment with robust data-driven analysis.
Partner with first-line stakeholders to enhance data quality monitoring tools and control effectiveness.
Design and maintain dashboards alerts and reporting mechanisms for AML and financial crime risks.
Contribute to regulatory readiness and respond to internal/external audits and inquiries.
Remain up to date with evolving AML regulations risk typologies and industry best practices

Qualification:
Bachelors/Master in Management Information Systems Computer Science Finance MBA or a related field and/or equivalent work
7 years of experience in AML compliance analytics or financial crime risk management
ACAMS certification (or equivalent e.g. ICA CFCS)
Prior experience with PWC E&Y Deloitte or KPMG in the AML/KYC compliance space is preferred.

Skills Required
SQL and data mining/analysis skills is a must have. Ability to analyze data research data anomalies and produce summarized analysis including issues concerns and recommendations.
Generate metrics/management reports on recurring and adhoc basis and assist with various data remediation efforts as needed.
a. Strong knowledge of Excel required (experience with macros/VBA a plus) familiarity with MS Access
b. Secondary benefit good written skills and experience creating power point decks.
c. Experience and familiarity with BI Reporting tools (Power BI Tableau etc.) is desirable.
Compliance Data Analysis Experience (the candidate must have at least one of these two would be ideal)
a. KYC Know Your Client
i. Risk Scoring
ii. Entity resolution
Attributes for annual risk assessments
b. Transaction/Suspicious Activity Monitoring
i. Wire data (ISO)
ii. Posted transactions.
iii. Custom processing rules
c. Screening/Watch Lists
i. Global lists management - Sanctions PEP and Adverse Media
ii. Filter rules fuzzy logic and tokenization
Vendor Platforms
a. Actimize
b. Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions / Bridger
c. World Check / Refinitiv
Familiar with data governance principles and standards

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

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