Vice President, Sanctions Data Analysis and Tuning
United States, FL, Lake Mary, 32746
- Finance & Accounting
- Full-time
- sanctions compliance
- data analysis
- SQL
The Vice President, Sanctions Data Analysis and Tuning role at BNY Mellon involves analyzing sanctions screening data to reduce false positives and mitigate risk using SQL, Fircosoft utilities, and rule tuning. The position requires collaboration with global sanctions compliance teams to ensure governance and oversight of sanctions filters and alert systems. Candidates should have strong data analytical skills, experience with SQL, and knowledge of sanctions risk management to improve operational performance in global payments operations.
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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Sanctions Data Analysis and Tuning to join our Global Payments and Treasury Services Operations team. This role is located in Lake Mary (Northern Orlando), FL and Pittsburgh, PA.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Be able to analyze data by writing SQL queries to identify patterns of false positives.
- Create business rules and exceptions to address false positives using Fircosoft utilities.
- Maintain responsibility for designing, testing, and validating suppression logic used for sanctions screening filters
- Identify and mitigate Sanctions risk through periodic risk assessments of lists, filter rules and logic
- Support general sanctions operations activities and other duties, as needed.
- Participate in ad-hoc remediation or business specific projects which may include examinations and/or internal and external audits
- Partner with Management and Global Sanctions Compliance team to ensure proper governance, maintenance and oversight is performed of various internal and external sanctions lists.
- Partner with Senior Management and Global Sanctions Compliance team to ensure proper governance and oversight is performed on the Sanctions filter, alert monitoring system, utility components and fine tune systems and controls as required per policy.
- Provide business support for the reduction of filter false positive alerts by identifying rules and exception processing opportunities ensuring the required testing is performed and documented per enterprise policies to control risk and provide optimum operational performance.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- 5-7 years of total work experience with 0-1 years management experience preferred
- Has experience writing SQL queries.
- Basic knowledge of VBA or Python scripting will be beneficial in getting accustomed to Fircosoft Rule writing code.
- Familiarity with Fircosoft Utilities and knowledge of Fircosoft rule writing for alert tuning preferred.
- Awareness of Payment flows and Economic Sanctions would be beneficial.
- 5-7 years of related development experience with good data analytical skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
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