Compliance QA/Testing Analyst

Payoneer•New York, NY

15h•Remote

About The Position

The QA Analyst is responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance of AML investigations, with a strong focus on Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). This role ensures that investigative outputs meet internal standards and regulatory expectations, with clear reasoning, well-supported findings, and actionable recommendations. The QA Analyst also contributes to improving control frameworks and identifying risks across AML and broader compliance processes.

Requirements

Strong understanding of AML regulations and SAR requirements, with hands-on experience in SAR writing and/or SAR quality assurance review.
Skilled at assessing investigative quality, including identifying gaps in logic, insufficient evidence, and unsupported conclusions.
Experience across multiple compliance domains (e.g., transaction monitoring, KYC/onboarding, sanctions), or ability to quickly adapt QA methodologies to new areas.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with a risk-based approach to identifying issues and control weaknesses.
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured QA reports with well-supported findings and recommendations.
High attention to detail and consistency in applying QA frameworks, scorecards, and calibration standards.
Strong communicator, able to present QA findings and thematic insights to stakeholders and management to support decision-making and remediation.

Responsibilities

Conduct quality assurance reviews of AML investigations and SARs, assessing accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
Evaluate whether investigative findings, suspicion rationale, and conclusions are clearly articulated and supported by sufficient evidence and risk indicators.
Prepare and deliver structured QA reports, clearly documenting findings, observations, risks, and actionable recommendations.
Identify trends, recurring issues, and potential control gaps across SARs and casework, escalating material risks where appropriate.
Support the development and refinement of QA frameworks, scorecards, and calibration processes to ensure consistency and regulatory alignment (e.g., FinCEN expectations).
Perform QA testing across additional compliance areas such as KYC, onboarding, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening as needed.