Business Analyst - SAM (Suspicious Activity Monitoring)

Business Analyst SAM (Suspicious Activity Monitoring) NYC, NY / Alpharetta, GA (Onsite from Day 1) Contract Role Overview Act as the bridge between compliance SMEs and technology teams to design, validate, and optimize Actimize SAM scenarios for effective AML monitoring. Responsibilities Requirement gathering: Engage compliance and risk stakeholders to capture monitoring needs and typologies. Scenario design: Translate suspicious activity typologies into Actimize SAM detection logic. Alert tuning: Optimize thresholds to balance false positives and regulatory coverage. Data validation: Profile and validate transaction data feeds to ensure completeness and accuracy. Testing support: Assist in SIT/UAT cycles, validate scenario outputs against compliance expectations. Documentation: Maintain BRDs, functional specs, scenario libraries, and audit logs. Stakeholder communication: Present findings and tuning results in executiveready formats. Skills & Qualifications AML domain expertise: Strong knowledge of FATF, BSA, EU AML directives, and typologies. Actimize SAM knowledge: Handson experience with scenario configuration and tuning. Data analysis: SQL proficiency, data profiling, and statistical analysis. Documentation skills: Ability to produce clear BRDs, functional specs, and auditready artifacts. Strong analytical mindset, stakeholder management, and communication