Compliance Analyst I

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About the role:
This role will support the technology and data governance function of the Financial Crimes program and support the Senior Director of the program to establish a strong tech and data governance culture as well as support the various system implementation across Global Financial Crimes Compliance.

About the team:  
The Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Governance team is responsible for the oversight of the Financial Crimes Compliance function across FIS, including its subsidiaries and affiliates. The GFC Governance team’s key responsibilities include Policy and Program Governance, Risk Assessments, Exam and Issue Management, Committees and Forums, Training, Technology Governance, and Reporting for all matters impacting Financial Crimes.  In addition, the GFC Governance function plays a critical role in liaising with AML and Sanctions officers of FIS’s subsidiaries as well as other Risk and Compliance functions across the Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs division at FIS.

What you will be doing:

• Support the GFC Governance team to design, evolve, and scale the data governance framework, including the approach, processes, policies, technology, procedures, and assessing gaps in the enterprise data infrastructure that impact Financial Crimes compliance functions.

• Write documentation including data governance workflows, standards, guidelines, taxonomies, operating procedures, and corporate data policies.

• Implement and maintain data governance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries to extract, manipulate, and analyze large volumes of financial data. Ensure data accuracy and integrity by validating and reconciling data across various sources using SQL.

• Create and maintain comprehensive data lineage documentation to track the flow and transformation of financial data throughout the organization.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of Business Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Business Data Stewards and Technical Data Stewards to establish and enforce data quality standards, metadata management, and data stewardship.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of master data management processes to ensure consistency and accuracy of critical data elements.

• Generate regular reporting on Financial Crimes Data Governance KPIs, metrics, and activities.

• Monitor and communicate regulatory changes that impact data governance for FIS products, services and business activities.

• Maintain knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.

• Perform periodic reviews and evaluations of FIS products, services and business activities to validate compliance with applicable laws and regulations or detect regulatory violations, weak controls or other potential areas of exposure pertaining to data.

• Monitor LOB compliance activities to verify that regulatory compliance deadlines and requirements are met.

• Track and validate product data compliance deficiencies to completion.

• Participate in development of compliance sessions/presentations.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering)

• Typically requires 5 or more years of experience in the regulatory compliance field.

• Proven experience as a Data Analyst in the financial services industry, preferably with a focus on Financial Crimes Compliance

• Experience with data governance as a practice, including enterprise data management, data quality, data lineage, meta data management, data methodologies, data analytics and reporting, and the ethical use of data and artificial intelligence (AI)

• Strong proficiency in SQL with the ability to write and optimize complex queries

• Data analysis skills with experience using enterprise tools such as Informatica IDQ, Informatica MDM, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Collibra, or other metadata management tools

• Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, or similar)

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy

• Ability to build relationships and credibility across the organization

• Effective communication and collaboration skills

Added bonus if you have:

• Experience for regulatory oversight of core or significant high risk product lines that contain complex banking functions.

• Considered a subject matter expert in several areas of regulatory compliance, including a combination of banking regulations.

What we offer you:

At FIS, you can learn, grow and make an impact in your career. Our benefits include:

• Flexible and creative work environment

• Diverse and collaborative atmosphere

• Professional and personal development resources

• Opportunities to volunteer and support charities

• Competitive salary and benefits