Senior Specialist, FCSO TM Tuning & Optimisation

About the position

The role of a Senior Specialist on the FCSO TM & Fraud -Tuning team is that of an individual contributor and involves working with three facets - 1. Working with large volumes of confidential and regulated data associated with customer's financial transactions 2. Development of scripts and routines using new age programming languages and working of the Oracle / Hive environments to work with large volumes of structured and unstructured data 3. Apply analytical / statistical / quantitative models on data to identify anomalies and patterns which help in providing insight on the AML behaviour associated with customers and the transactions conducted by them. The role is a global role that cuts across geographies and products of the Bank which are subjected to AML monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Analyse comprehensive impact of financial crime related regulatory matters on the relevant business area and its operations.
• Ensure that key changes (to laws, rules, regulations) are communicated and cascaded (in region/country), in coordination with group communications.
• Regularly engage with business stakeholders to understand their requirements, and address their concerns.
• For technical roles, write production quality code. Adhere to the best practices in coding like following PEP-8 standards, writing unit tests, etc.
• Perform threshold tuning / retuning for detection scenarios and risk indicators across products such as CASA, Trade, Credit Cards, Financing Securities Services and Financial Markets - Third Party Payments.
• Perform segmentation of customers as per the Global Segmentation Model in force at SCB.
• Perform reconciliation of detection scenarios and risk indicators across products such as CASA, Trade, Credit Cards, Financing Securities Services and Financial Markets - Third Party Payments.
• Perform Adhoc / Bespoke Analysis (Impact Assessments) based on requests from Country FCC stakeholders within the group / regions / country and FCC / FCSO teams.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
• Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
• Understand technical aspects of systems relevant to CDD, Client Risk Assessments, AML Monitoring and Case Management.
• Apply risk and data analytic tools/techniques to optimise and tune relevant detection scenarios, and screening and monitoring systems.

Requirements

• Upto 3-5 years in the area of analytics and modeling using statistical tools and packages.
• Any experience in Banking and Financial Crime and Compliance would be an added advantage.

Benefits

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.