🚨 HIRING | SENIOR DATA ANALYST / LEAD DATA ANALYST – AML & COMPLIANCE DATA
📍 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa | Onsite
💼 Band: U4
💰 Rate: ZAR 500/hour
🧩 Domain: AML | Compliance Data Platforms | Data Governance
We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Analyst / Lead Data Analyst to support AML Operational Data Store (ODS), Compliance Data Platforms, Data Governance, Regulatory Programs and Data Quality initiatives.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
• Gather and translate business, regulatory and compliance requirements into data specifications
• Perform data discovery, profiling, source analysis, impact assessment and gap analysis
• Develop Source-to-Target Mappings, data lineage and transformation rules
• Support AML ODS, ETL, reporting, reconciliation and downstream data platforms
• Drive data quality rules, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), metadata and governance activities
• Support SIT, UAT, regression and production validation
• Investigate data discrepancies, ETL failures and production incidents
• Perform root-cause and impact analysis
• Work closely with Business, Compliance, Technology and Data Engineering teams
• Support regulatory and financial crime transformation initiatives
• Identify automation and continuous-improvement opportunities
🛠️ Mandatory Skills
✅ 8+ years Data Analysis / Business Analysis experience
✅ Strong SQL & data analysis skills
✅ Data Warehousing & ODS concepts
✅ ETL experience – SSIS preferred
✅ Data profiling, reconciliation & Data Quality
✅ Data lineage, metadata & Data Governance
✅ Microsoft Purview knowledge
✅ Relational databases – SQL Server / Oracle or similar
✅ Requirements gathering & stakeholder management
✅ SIT / UAT / production validation
✅ Strong documentation and analytical skills
🏦 Preferred Domain Experience
• AML / Anti-Money Laundering
• Financial Crime Compliance
• Banking & Financial Services
• Transaction Monitoring
• KYC / CDD
• Regulatory Reporting
• Risk & Compliance Data Platforms
📌 Key Initiatives
Experience supporting initiatives involving NICE Actimize, AML ODS, ETL/SIT/UAT, regulatory reporting, Customer Party data, IFTR modernisation, SAP CRM integration, data remediation, reconciliation and data governance will be highly relevant.
📄 Key Deliverables
BRS | FRS | Source-to-Target Mapping | Data Lineage | Data Quality Rules | Reconciliation Specifications | Impact Assessments | Data Profiling | Test Scenarios | Traceability Matrices | SIT/UAT Reports | RCA Reports | Governance & Audit Artefacts
🎓 Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, Business Analysis or related field.
📩 Interested candidates: Please share your updated CV with your current location, total experience, AML/Banking experience, notice period and salary/rate expectation.