Senior Financial Crimes Compliance Business Systems Analyst

Job Title: Senior Financial Crimes Compliance Business Systems Analyst

Location: City Scape

As a Senior FCC Business Systems Analyst you'll collect, clarify, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual design from which applications and solutions are developed to maximize the technological capabilities of business products. You'll participate in system testing, including user acceptance testing and validation for technology enhancements. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert on Financial Crime & Compliance (FCC) systems, including AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/CDD platforms, fraud monitoring, and case management systems.

You will help lead planning efforts, provide strategic guidance on system capabilities, and partner with stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Technology to ensure systems meet regulatory expectations and business needs. You will act as a key through partner and application visionary, shaping technology demand while ensuring data integrity, regulatory alignment (BSA/AML, OFAC) and operational effectiveness across FCC platforms.

• Lead efforts to research, analyze, and align business needs with technology solutions to maximize efficiency and drive innovation. Evaluate complex business technology challenges, identify system enhancements, and provide strategic recommendations to improve processes and user experience.
• Create, develop and oversee application interfaces, system linkages, and dashboard solutions to ensure seamless data flow and system performance. Take ownership of key business technology projects, driving execution, managing risks, and ensuring successful delivery of solutions that enhance business performance.
• Act as a key technology advisor and provide expert-level guidance on system capabilities, integrations, and optimizations for business applications. Develop sophisticated reporting and data visualization solutions that provide deep business insights and support data‑driven decision‑making.
• Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and vendors to drive technology initiatives, resolve challenges, and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Ensure all technology implementations adhere to regulatory, security, and operational standards while promoting industry best practices.

• 8+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Advanced knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced experience in application testing skills to be able to create test cases and for documentation.
• Strong knowledge of financial crime compliance frameworks including AML, BSA, OFAC, and KYC/CDD requirements.
• Experience supporting FCC platforms such as Actimize, FIS, Safer Payments, Sentinel, or similar systems preferred.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Experience with data analysis, SQL, or working with large datasets preferred.
• ACAMS, CAFS, or similar certification preferred.

We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands‑on experience to help grow your career!

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.