Senior Business Analyst (AML Regulatory Reporting & Data Analysis)

About the Role

Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to support strategic regulatory reporting and AML transformation initiatives. This role will focus on regulatory reporting programs including Large Cash Transaction Reporting (LCTR), Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR), Suspicious Transaction Reporting (STR) , and data-focused initiatives involving data lineage, source-to-target mapping, data quality, and data modeling .

The successful candidate will serve as a senior member of the project team, driving requirements activities, collaborating with business and technology stakeholders, and providing leadership and governance to other Business Analysts across multiple workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead business analysis activities on large-scale regulatory, compliance, and strategic programs.
- Gather, document, validate, and obtain sign-off for business and functional requirements.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and requirements sessions across business and technology teams.
- Lead and mentor Business Analysts to ensure consistency in requirements management and documentation standards.
- Develop project delivery approaches and requirements work plans aligned to project milestones.
- Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for process improvements.
- Assess impacts to customers, operations, data, technology, risk, and compliance functions.
- Manage requirements dependencies across multiple projects and workstreams.
- Evaluate change requests and assess impacts to project scope and objectives.
- Identify, document, and manage project risks, assumptions, and issues.
- Support regulatory reporting initiatives and AML compliance programs.
- Perform data analysis activities including:
- Data Mapping
- Source-to-Target Mapping
- Data Quality Assessment
- Data Modeling

Required Qualifications

Experience





- 8-10+ years of Business Analysis experience within Banking or Financial Services.
- Proven experience working on large-scale regulatory, compliance, or transformation projects.
- Solid experience working in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Experience leading requirements workstreams and collaborating with senior stakeholders.

AML & Regulatory Knowledge

Solid understanding of:

- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- FINTRAC regulations
- Large Cash Transaction Reporting (LCTR)
- Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR)

Technical & Data Analysis Skills

Experience with:

- Data Analysis
- Data Mapping
- Source-to-Target Mapping
- Data Quality
- Data Modeling
- Transaction Monitoring Systems

Tools & Technologies

- JIRA
- Confluence
- SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project

Professional Skills

- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to influence and build consensus across diverse groups.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities.
- Self-starter with excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Able to thrive in fast-paced, highly regulated environments.

Education

- University degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline.
- Business Analysis accreditation or certification considered an asset.

Nice-to-Have

- AML or Financial Crime certifications.
- CBAP, PMI-PBA, or related Business Analysis certification.

Why Apply?

- Work with one of Canada's leading financial institutions.
- High-profile AML and regulatory reporting initiatives.
- Long-term contract with strong potential for extension and conversion.
- Exposure to enterprise-wide data and compliance transformation programs.
- Collaborative workplace with senior business, compliance, and technology leaders.

Use AI for Hiring

Our recruitment process for this role includes the use of AI-based tools to help evaluate candidate qualifications and screen applications.

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📌 Senior Business Analyst (AML Regulatory Reporting) (Toronto)
🏢 Kelly
📍 Toronto