Business Analyst - AML (contract)

Title: Business Analyst - AML Location: 401 S Tryon St Charlotte, NC Duration: 6 months Work Engagement: W2 Work Schedule: 4 days in office/1 day remote Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits Summary: The Enterprise Risk Assessment team is responsible for designing, enhancing, and governing capabilities that support end‑to‑end risk assessment workflows across the organization. This role operates at the intersection of business, risk, and technology, ensuring that requirements are accurately captured, validated, and translated into scalable technical solutions. We are seeking a seasoned Business Analyst with demonstrated experience in workflow tools, risk‑scoring methodologies, and platform enhancements. The ideal candidate will bridge business needs with technology execution, guide requirements development, support design and testing, and enable successful rollout and adoption of the new enterprise risk assessment solution. Responsibilities: Requirements & Workflow Analysis • Translate enterprise risk assessment needs into structured, testable requirements; develop comprehensive BRDs and create well‑formed Jira stories that lay the foundation for delivery of risk‑scoring and workflow capabilities. • Lead requirement‑gathering workshops with Risk, Compliance, Product, Architecture, and Engineering to consolidate inputs from surveys, data‑collection processes, and stakeholder discussions. Design Review & Solution Alignment • Review proposed technical and functional designs to ensure alignment with risk‑scoring logic, heatmap calculations, rating‑adjustment workflows, and related capabilities based on the DERA operating model. • Validate non‑functional considerations performance, security, accessibility, data integrity and identify design or compliance gaps. Testing & Quality Assurance • Develop and execute test strategies across functional, regression, and data‑validation cycles; align test scenarios to acceptance criteria and manage defects through Jira to closure. • Support UAT by coordinating testers, capturing and triaging user feedback, overseeing retests, and ensuring readiness for business sign‑off. Business–Technology Integration • Maintain full traceability of requirements ensuring auditability and clarity of decision‑making across iterations. • Partner closely with technology teams throughout build cycles, providing clarifications, validating iterations, and ensuring that evolving business needs remain reflected in the solution. Deployment, Change Management & Adoption • Coordinate rollout activities, including communication, user training, quick‑reference guides, and readiness assessments to drive smooth adoption across user groups. • Monitor post‑deployment stability, capture enhancement opportunities, and ensure the platform continues to meet business and risk‑management objectives. Qualifications: • Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. • Background in financial crimes, technology governance, or business systems analysis. • Demonstrated expertise in technology architecture concepts, platform capabilities, and/or workflow tool design. • Proven ability to elicit, interpret, and document complex business requirements for scalable, enterprise-grade systems. • Strong understanding of financial crimes (FC) applications, technology platforms, and automated process controls. • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align cross‑functional stakeholders. • Experience supporting Financial Crimes program governance, operational oversight, or platform management activities. (preferred) • Working knowledge of automated control frameworks used within large financial institutions. (preferred) • Familiarity with workflow technologies, front‑end business applications, and end‑to‑end data process design. (preferred) • Ability to synthesize and present insights clearly and concisely to senior leadership and executive stakeholders. (preferred)