Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant to join a leading bank in Dubai on a high‑impact financial crime compliance initiative. The role focuses on enhancing and optimizing transaction monitoring systems to improve detection, reduce false positives, and ensure regulatory alignment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, enhance, and optimise transaction monitoring scenarios and rules across AML platforms.
• Perform threshold tuning and calibration to balance detection efficiency with false‑positive rates.
• Conduct model validation and performance assessments for monitoring frameworks.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, typologies, and gaps in existing controls.
• Support 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.

Required profile

• Proven experience in transaction monitoring, AML analytics, or financial crime consulting.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with AML systems such as Actimize, Fircosoft, SAS AML or similar.
• Experience in model validation, scenario design, and threshold optimisation.
• Solid understanding of AML regulations and typologies, preferably within banking environments.
• Ability to translate complex analytical findings into actionable business recommendations.

Required skills

• Actimize
• Fircosoft
• SAS AML
• SQL
• Python
• SAS

What we offer

• Competitive day rate (dependent on experience).
• Initial contract with potential extension.
• On‑site / hybrid working model in Dubai.