Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant

We are seeking an experienced Transaction Monitoring Analytics Consultant to support a leading bank in Dubai on a high-impact financial crime compliance initiative. This role focuses on enhancing, building, and optimizing transaction monitoring systems to improve detection capabilities, reduce false positives, and ensure regulatory alignment.

You ll be stepping into the engine room of financial crime prevention tuning the signals, refining the filters, and making sure nothing suspicious slips through the cracks.

• Design, enhance, and optimize transaction monitoring scenarios and rules across AML systems
• Perform threshold tuning and calibration to balance detection efficiency and false positive rates
• Conduct model validation and performance assessments for transaction monitoring frameworks
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, typologies, and gaps in existing monitoring controls
• Support the 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
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve overall financial crime risk management frameworks