Senior Analyst, AML Compliance

Western Union•Denver, CO

2d•$75,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Sr. Analyst, AML Compliance – Denver, Colorado (Hybrid) Does the prospect of working in a global organization in the fight against money laundering motivate you? Are you ready to play a vital role in helping billions of people and businesses to enjoy secure, reliable financial services? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union with the AML Compliance team as a Senior Analyst. Western Union powers your pursuit. Western Union is seeking a detail-oriented, data-driven, and execution-focused Senior Analyst to join our Compliance Systems & Analytics (CS&A) team. In this role, you will be responsible for shaping, delivering and gathering requirements for our compliance templates functions. This is a highly cross-functional role requiring collaboration across Operations, Policy, Data, and Technology. You will be instrumental in meeting regulatory and policy obligations, driving product modernization, and delivering nuanced requirements that will support the ever-changing global compliance landscape. In this role you will have the opportunity to work in a high demand, fast-paced portfolio that supports enterprise and compliance products from conception to implementation and beyond. This involves working cross-functionally to understand our various global compliance needs, business product needs, and regulatory obligations to formulate requirements, and deliver impactful solutions to our users.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
3+ years in AML or comparable field with professional experience in data analysis or business intelligence.
Advanced SQL skills required, with proven experience writing complex queries, optimizing performance, and handling large datasets.
Strong working knowledge of Snowflake or equivalent cloud-based data warehousing platforms preferred.
Ability to parse, query, and analyze JSON structures within analytical workflows.
Familiarity with Python for data manipulation, automation or rule performance modeling a plus.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in identifying root causes behind anomalies.
Experience working with complex systems across multiple stakeholder groups and domains.
Ability to effectively communicate business requirements to business and technical audiences.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks independently.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, especially in a cross-functional, matrixed environment.
Strong knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and preferably MS Access.
Must possess well developed interpersonal skills and be able to function well within a team-oriented environment.
Prefer experience in compliance including knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering acts, laws and regulations as well as anti-money laundering issues and trends.

Responsibilities

Monitor, analyze, and assess the performance of business rules on a regular basis.
Identify underperforming and overperforming rules based on key performance indicators and thresholds.
Detect and investigate sudden spikes or drops in rule activity, output, or outcomes.
Perform root cause analysis to determine drivers behind abnormalities or deviations.
Collaborate with relevant teams (operations, risk, engineering) to resolve identified issues.
Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to understand regulatory use cases, pain points, and future-state needs to meet regulatory obligations.
Collaborate with QA and UAT for various front-end groups to ensure compliance requirements are met.
Communicate and manage requirements expectations to stakeholders and external product organizations.
Maintain documentation and artifacts for the program.
Able to take a lead role and provide leadership to others in the department.