AML Modeling Specialist
Santander
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Brickell Plaza • Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $67,500 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
PythonSQL
About the role
- Design, enhance, and maintain analytical models that identify suspicious activity
- Partner with compliance, risk, and data science teams to ensure model outputs align with business objectives and regulatory standards
- Analyze transaction data to identify emerging money laundering patterns and typologies
- Perform model validation, back-testing, and performance monitoring to ensure accuracy and effectiveness
- Prepare model documentation, regulatory submissions, and audit materials
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or equivalent quantitative discipline
- Master's Degree preferred in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or equivalent quantitative discipline
- 3+ Years in Risk Management, Risk Modeling, AML
- Deep understanding of AML processes, transaction monitoring systems, and financial crime risk
- Proficiency in data analysis, model development, and statistical tools (e.g., Python, SAS, SQL, or R)
- Commitment to operational excellence, model integrity, and regulatory compliance
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
Benefits
- Santander Benefits - 2025
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data analysismodel developmentstatistical toolsPythonSASSQLRmodel validationback-testingperformance monitoring
Soft skills
analytical mindsetability to translate complex data into actionable insightscommitment to operational excellencemodel integrityregulatory compliance