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Vice President - AML Business Analyst Data Scientist

BNP Paribas
Jersey City, NJ
Business Overview:

The U.S. Financial Security Transaction Monitoring Optimization Department's AML Business Analyst - Data Scientist is responsible for tuning and optimization, develop AI/ML based AML solutions, capturing business requirements, assisting on the user acceptance testing of a variety of platforms including Actimize based AML monitoring models, as well as, various other AML, KYC, and Sanctions systems as required. Act as a Business/Systems Analyst, Specification Writer, Implementation Support Resource and Subject Matter Advisor, engaging a diverse set of Business groups (Compliance, Business, Risk, etc.) and Technology groups to deliver solutions for Financial Compliance/Regulatory Reporting needs.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

  • Results and Impact
    • Able to influence peers and team.
    • Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
    • Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
    • Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
  • Leadership and Collaboration:
    • Creates trust with colleagues.
    • Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
  • Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
    • Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
    • Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
    • Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
  • Compliance Culture and Conduct:
    • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
    • Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:

  • Perform statistical analysis to tune and optimize thresholds and alert scores for new model implementations and existing models including but not limited to negative testing, hypothesis testing, various regression analysis techniques, clustering analysis, tests for activity and behavior variances and other sensitivity and productivity analyses.
  • Develop Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning based AML solutions and calibrate them on a regular interval.
  • Make recommendations to improve AML monitoring by conceptualizing and developing new risk models or alternative mechanisms like reports and Operational-Controls to address emerging trends and red flags and to mitigate potential risks arising from the use of existing ones used for transaction monitoring.
  • Evaluate existing models and scenarios; conducting model and scenario tuning, optimization and validation.
  • Rationalize and document business rules, thresholds, parameters and scoring methodology of the system.
  • Conceptualize and develop new rules/models to address emerging trends and red flags.
  • Partner with various teams within Compliance, Risk and IT globally for project implementation, to assess impact across the program (like Data Governance, Model Implementation, Red Flag Coverage Assessment, Reporting, Control-Oversight, Policies, Procedures and Training) and to ensure consistency in AML processes without compromising on local coverage requirements.
  • Ensure detailed and exhaustive testing of both data and display through UAT test plans, scenarios, scripts and procedures based on business requirements and/or functional specifications of various AML reports, platforms and systems (case management, negative news, etc.).
  • Ensure that governance and control-oversight framework (including RACI) are being adhered to in BAU tasks as well as ongoing projects (like changes and updates to systems, system modifications. lists updates and platform upgrades); propose and implement if the framework doesn’t exist.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree (or beyond) with outstanding academic credentials
  • 5 – 8 years of relevant industry experience
  • Professional experience at a large financial institution or financial services data types
  • Understanding of statistics, different distributions, hypothesis testing, regression etc.
  • Self-sufficiency in SQL (functions, procedures and packages)
  • Data analytics and mining
  • Excellent Analytical, oral and written communication skills—the ability to communicate with varied audiences and stakeholders (IT, senior management, etc.)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with colleagues

Preferred Qualifications:

  • AML Data Analytics/science professional that can apply data analysis and statistical modeling techniques to improve a business process and present recommendations, not just results, in a non-technical, business-friendly way for consideration by Compliance senior management stakeholders
  • Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau, Spotfire, Qlikview, Power BI
  • ACAMS certified
  • Experience with AML transaction monitoring tools like Actimize, Mantas, Norkom etc.
  • Good understanding of AML processes and relevant regulatory issues
  • Must possess the ability to research and resolve issues independently while working across teams to acquire information
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks with the skills to adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment

FINRA Registrations Required:

  • Not Applicable

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):

  • Not Applicable

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

  • Not Applicable

While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $120000 to $185000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.

In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.

About BNP Paribas:

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.

As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.

BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World -

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

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Posted 2025-12-28

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