Business Analyst Legal & Compliance

Job description

As part of the Global Legal & Compliance Transformation team within the Global COO Legal & Compliance Unit, this role focuses on assessing business challenges and identifying relevant solutions, as well as improving data consistency and reporting capabilities across various jurisdictions, with a particular focus on SAS AML, GTExchange, Fico Continuity, and Pythagoras.

Main tasks

• Global Business & Functional Analysis:
  • Overseeing the collection and documentation of global requirements for system and process changes in the Compliance & Legal department.
  • Support in identifying, evaluating, and developing business specifications for systems and processes that are cost-effective and meet requirements.
  • Serving as a key interface between global and local teams to ensure alignment across business units and jurisdictions.
  • Development of end-to-end processes and identification of regional variations for harmonization.
• Systems Oversight & Operational Support:
  • Serves as the key liaison between Legal & Compliance and COO functions, and coordinates improvements, upgrades, and bug fixes across SAS AML, GT Exchange, Fico Continuity, and Pythagoras.
  • Support for change initiatives, including tool implementation, data quality initiatives, and regulatory adjustments.
  • Support for UAT processes, system documentation, and global rollout coordination.
• Governance:
  • Contribute to governance forums by providing consistent, global reporting and status updates.

Requirements

• A solid understanding of compliance environments and internal control frameworks in the banking or financial services industry.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Autonomy, reliability, and a high degree of personal responsibility; able to deliver results in fast-paced and high-stakes environments.
• A global mindset with excellent cross-cultural communication skills.
• Fluent English.
• Experience with project governance tools and data visualization (e.g., JIRA, SharePoint, Power BI, Excel dashboards).
• Technical knowledge of compliance tool functionality, system workflows, and data flows.
• A university degree in law, economics, business administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the banking industry in the areas of compliance, risk, audit, or transformation, ideally within banking groups or international financial institutions.

Our values

• Responsibility: Taking responsibility for tasks and challenges and striving for continuous improvement.
• Hands-on: Proactive delivery of high-quality results.
• Passion: Commitment and pursuit of excellence.
• Solution-oriented: Focus on client results and fair treatment of clients, combined with a risk-aware approach.
• Partnership-oriented: Promoting cooperation and teamwork. Working together with an entrepreneurial spirit.