Job Title: Senior Data Analyst – AML / Financial Crime
Location: Chicago, IL (Remote/Hybrid)
Duration: 3 Months

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to support a high-impact AML (Anti-Money Laundering) rule migration project. The selected candidate will play a critical role in validating and reconciling reporting outputs as AML rules are migrated from a legacy platform to SAS Viya.

This position is focused on business reporting, data validation, reconciliation, and analytical problem-solving rather than software development or quantitative modeling. The ideal candidate will possess strong SQL and SAS skills, exceptional analytical abilities, and experience explaining data discrepancies to business stakeholders.

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About the Team

The Financial Crime/AML team supports transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance by developing, validating, and reconciling rule-based reporting for payments data, including Wire Transfers and SWIFT transactions. The team ensures migrated rules accurately replicate legacy system outputs while meeting regulatory and compliance standards.

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Project Overview

The contractor will support the migration of AML rules and reporting from a legacy platform to SAS Viya, including:

• Validating migrated AML rules
• Performing record-level reconciliation between legacy and new systems
• Identifying, documenting, and explaining discrepancies
• Supporting defect tracking, root cause analysis, and testing
• Producing comprehensive reconciliation and validation documentation

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Key Responsibilities

• Execute and validate AML rules within SAS Viya
• Compare reporting outputs between legacy and new platforms
• Perform detailed record-level reconciliation and data validation
• Investigate discrepancies and determine root causes
• Identify whether differences can be resolved or require business documentation
• Support data load validation activities
• Participate in defect identification, testing, and resolution tracking
• Produce well-documented reconciliation artifacts and business logic documentation
• Collaborate with developers during rule implementation and validation
• Present analytical findings in clear, business-friendly language
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders throughout the migration lifecycle

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5–7 years of experience in Data Analytics, Data Validation, or Business Reporting
• Strong SQL skills including:
  • Joins
  • Aggregations
  • Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
• Experience with SAS:
  • Base SAS
  • DATA Step
  • PROC SQL
  • OR strong SQL experience with the ability to quickly adapt to SAS
• Proven experience analyzing results and explaining why discrepancies exist
• Experience with data validation, reconciliation, and documentation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

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Preferred Qualifications

• AML (Anti-Money Laundering) experience
• Financial Services industry experience
• Payments domain experience including:
  • Wire Transfers
  • SWIFT
  • Payments Processing
• Experience with system or rule migration projects
• Familiarity with SAS Viya
• Python experience

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Technical Skills

• SQL
• PROC SQL
• Base SAS
• DATA Step
• SAS Viya
• Data Validation
• Data Reconciliation
• Business Reporting
• Root Cause Analysis
• Defect Tracking
• Data Quality
• Documentation

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Soft Skills

• Strong business acumen
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on data quality
• Ability to translate ambiguity into clear business requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative and stakeholder-focused
• Curious, proactive, and solution-oriented

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Why Join This Project?

• Work on a high-visibility AML modernization initiative
• Gain hands-on experience with SAS Viya migration
• Contribute to regulatory compliance and financial crime prevention
• Own validation and reconciliation deliverables
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders in a highly impactful project
• Flexible Remote/Hybrid work environment

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $55.00/hr - $63.38/hr.