Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant – 6‑Month Contract

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant to support a financial institution in Dubai on a 6‑month contract. The role focuses on optimizing transaction monitoring rules and thresholds to improve detection of suspicious activity while reducing false positives.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse existing transaction monitoring rules and scenarios to assess effectiveness and performance.
• Conduct threshold tuning and optimisation to improve alert quality and reduce false positives.
• Perform data‑driven analysis of transaction patterns and alert outcomes.
• Develop and test new scenarios or rule enhancements where gaps are identified.
• Produce analytics, dashboards, and reports to support tuning decisions.

Required profile

• 5+ years of AML / Financial Crime experience with strong exposure to transaction monitoring systems.
• Proven experience with threshold tuning, scenario optimisation, or TM model calibration.
• Experience working with systems such as Actimize, SAS AML, FICO TONBELLER, Oracle FCCM or similar platforms.
• Strong data analytics capability (SQL, Python, R, SAS or similar) and ability to interpret alert performance metrics.

Required skills

• Transaction monitoring platforms (Actimize, SAS AML, FICO TONBELLER, Oracle FCCM)
• SQL
• Python
• R
• SAS