Financial Crime Business Analyst - #2126452

Location: London - Hybrid
Contract: 3 months
Sector: FinTech / Financial Services

We're working with a fast-growing UK fintech looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a key programme within its Financial Crime function.

The role will sit between Financial Crime, Product and Technology teams, helping to understand existing processes, gather requirements and translate complex regulatory and operational needs into clear, deliverable solutions.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading requirements gathering across Financial Crime and Compliance stakeholders
• Running workshops and translating business needs into clear functional and technical requirements
• Mapping as-is and to-be processes, identifying gaps and recommending improvements
• Producing user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and supporting documentation
• Working closely with Product, Engineering, Data and Compliance teams throughout delivery
• Supporting improvements across Financial Crime systems, controls and customer journeys
• Managing stakeholders and ensuring requirements are understood from discovery through to implementation

We're looking for someone with:

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst within banking, fintech or financial services
• Good knowledge of Financial Crime, ideally across areas such as AML, KYC/CDD, sanctions, PEP screening, transaction monitoring or fraud
• Experience delivering technology-led Financial Crime or regulatory change
• Strong requirements gathering, workshop facilitation and process-mapping experience
• Experience producing user stories, functional requirements and acceptance criteria
• Ability to work effectively between technical teams and Financial Crime/Compliance SMEs
• Strong stakeholder management skills within a fast-paced Agile environment