Financial Crimes Compliance Modeling – Analytics Manager
Mercury
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, New York, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $149,900 - $208,300 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
PythonSQL
About the role
- Use SQL and other analytical tools to conduct in-depth analysis of Mercury’s customers, transactions, alerts, TM rules, risk ratings, and more.
- Use data-driven methods to improve, design, implement, and maintain Mercury’s FCC models, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer risk scoring, and relevant alert models.
- Develop bespoke transaction monitoring rules designed to address Mercury’s specific AML risk.
- Partner with Compliance, Product, and Data leaders to translate regulatory requirements into effective analytical frameworks.
- Know how to tell stories with data, enabling people to understand the output and meaning of analytics activities in a clear, compelling manner.
- Understand both the what and the why of FCC analytics – what are we looking for and why does it matter.
- Develop and maintain detailed documentation on the configuration of FCC models – scenarios, thresholds, segments, tuning, etc. – and any changes made to those configurations over time.
- Assist with evaluating and tuning existing detection models and rules to reduce false positives while maintaining regulatory rigor.
- Develop data-driven methods to identify new typologies, emerging risks, and evolving financial crime trends.
- Partner with Model Risk Management to support validation and performance monitoring of models to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience conducting in-depth data analytics.
- Deep understanding of the FCC/AML fundamentals, including both principles and regulations.
- Outstanding skills with standard analytical tools. Top-notch SQL skills are required, experience with Python, R or similar are preferred.
- Strong ability to turn data and analyses into compelling narratives.
- 7+ years of experience working in FCC or AML-related analytics roles.
- Experience identifying ways to improve both data-related and operational efficiencies.
- Have the technical writing skills to translate code into plain English and vice versa.
Benefits
- base salary
- equity (stock options)
- benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SQLPythonRdata analyticstransaction monitoringsanctions screeningcustomer risk scoringanalytical frameworksmodel validationdetection models
Soft skills
storytelling with dataanalytical thinkingcommunicationtechnical writingcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptabilitycritical thinkingnarrative development