Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant
At a glance
Mid-level Data Analysis & BI role at Capitex. Dubai · contract.
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What you'll do
- Build and refine AML monitoring scenarios and rules, then tune thresholds to improve detection while limiting false alerts
- Check model performance and validate monitoring frameworks, documenting methods, assumptions and results for regulatory review
- Study large datasets for suspicious patterns, typologies and weaknesses in current controls
- Develop new detection scenarios around emerging risks and regulatory expectations, working with compliance, technology and data teams on deployment
- Turn analytical findings into recommendations for stronger financial crime risk management
What you bring
- Hands-on experience in transaction monitoring, AML analytics or financial crime consulting
- Practical knowledge of transaction monitoring platforms and tools such as SQL, Python or SAS
- Experience validating models, designing scenarios and adjusting monitoring thresholds
- A sound grasp of AML rules and typologies, plus the ability to explain analysis as business recommendations
Who this fits
This contract consulting assignment suits someone with mid-level experience who can work across analytics and compliance stakeholders. The role is based on-site in Dubai, with a hybrid model also described.
From the employer
Job Title: Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant (Contract)
Location: Dubai, UAE
Engagement Type: Contract (Consulting Assignment)
Industry: Banking / Financial Services
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant to support a leading bank in Dubai on a high-impact financial crime compliance initiative. This role focuses on enhancing, building, and optimizing transaction monitoring systems to improve detection capabilities, reduce false positives, and ensure regulatory alignment.
You’ll be stepping into the engine room of financial crime prevention—tuning the signals, refining the filters, and making sure nothing suspicious slips through the cracks.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, enhance, and optimize transaction monitoring scenarios and rules across AML systems
- Perform threshold tuning and calibration to balance detection efficiency and false positive rates
- Conduct model validation and performance assessments for transaction monitoring frameworks
- Analyse large datasets to identify trends, typologies, and gaps in existing monitoring controls
- Support the development and implementation of new detection scenarios based on emerging risks and regulatory expectations
- Collaborate with compliance, technology, and data teams to ensure effective system integration and deployment
- Document methodologies, assumptions, and validation results in line with regulatory standards
- Provide insights and recommendations to improve overall financial crime risk management frameworks
Key Requirements
- Proven experience in transaction monitoring, AML analytics, or financial crime consulting
- Strong hands-on expertise with transaction monitoring systems (e.g., Actimize, Fircosoft, SAS AML, or similar)
- Experience in model validation, scenario design, and threshold optimisation
- Proficiency in data analysis tools (SQL, Python, SAS, or similar)
- Solid understanding of AML regulations and typologies (preferably within banking environments)
- Ability to translate complex analytical findings into actionable business recommendations
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with Middle East banking clients or regulators
- Familiarity with risk-based approaches and regulatory expectations in the UAE
- Background in consulting or project-based environments
What You’ll Deliver
- More effective and efficient transaction monitoring rules
- Reduced false positives without compromising risk coverage
- Clear, defensible model validation and documentation
- Tangible improvements in financial crime detection capability
Contract Details
- Competitive day rate (dependent on experience)
- Initial contract with potential extension
- On-site / hybrid working model in Dubai
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