About the job Sanctions screening system specialists Job Title: Sanctions System Specialist / Data Engineer / Sanctions System Tuning Expert Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled professional with strong expertise in sanctions screening systems, data analytics, ETL processes, and system validation. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in sanctions screening system configuration, tuning, validation, and performance optimization, along with a strong background in data engineering, data quality assessment, and financial crime compliance systems.

The role requires hands-on experience in analyzing customer and payment data, validating sanctions screening effectiveness, fine-tuning screening engines, and supporting regulatory compliance initiatives within financial services environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess ETL processes, data flows, and system integration architecture.
• Conduct data profiling, data quality, data completeness, and data lineage assessments for customer and payment datasets.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on customer, payment, and sanctions screening output data.
• Review sanctions screening system configurations and execute fine-tuning activities to improve screening effectiveness.
• Analyze sanctions screening outputs to identify false positives, false negatives, and other potential risk indicators.
• Validate sanctions screening systems to ensure compliance with regulatory and business requirements.
• Develop and execute test scenarios to evaluate sanctions screening performance.
• Design algorithms and generate synthetic test data with varying levels of fuzziness to assess system behavior and accuracy.
• Evaluate sanctions screening effectiveness through statistical analysis and performance metrics.
• Support sanctions list management activities, including watchlist updates and screening rule optimization.
• Collaborate with business, compliance, technology, and data management stakeholders to deliver validation and enhancement initiatives.
• Prepare reports, findings, recommendations, and documentation related to sanctions screening effectiveness and data quality.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in data analytics, ETL development, database development, and data validation activities.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, SSIS, Python, Power BI, and related analytical tools.
• Strong knowledge of data profiling, data quality, data lineage, and data governance principles.
• Experience working with customer onboarding systems and domestic/international payment processing environments.
• Understanding of SWIFT payments, payment message types, payment tags, and payment screening processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on experience with sanctions screening platforms such as:
  • Fircosoft
  • SafeWatch
  • Omni
  • Siron
• Experience in:
  • Sanctions screening validation
  • System fine-tuning and optimization
  • Screening rule management
  • Name screening
  • Payment screening
  • Screening exclusions
  • Watchlist management
  • False positive reduction initiatives
• Experience working within financial crime, AML, sanctions compliance, or banking environments.

Key Skills

• SQL
• SSIS
• Python
• Power BI
• ETL Development & Validation
• Data Engineering
• Data Quality Assessment
• Data Profiling & Lineage
• SWIFT Payments
• Customer Onboarding Systems
• Sanctions Screening
• Fircosoft
• SafeWatch
• Omni
• Siron
• Statistical Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management