Technical Systems Analyst

Technical Systems Analyst – Financial Crime Technology<br />Permanent | Hybrid | £80,000 - £90,000 Overview<br />Opportunity to join a leading bank's fight against financial crime through advanced technological solutions.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse business requirements and translate them into technical strategies that strengthen the compliance posture of a major financial institution.

Role &amp; Responsibilities Analyse, design, and implement enhancements for complex financial crime and surveillance platforms — transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and market surveillance systems<br />Hands-on development, configuration, and scripting using Python, PowerShell, .NET, and Power BI to deliver scalable technical solutions<br />Translate complex business needs into clear technical specifications, ensuring solutions are robust, compliant, and future-proof<br />Conduct root cause analysis on system issues and design preventative controls to mitigate risk<br />Act as key technology contact during internal/external audits — providing evidence of controls, documentation, data extracts, reconciliations, and supporting remediation<br />Collaborate with Compliance, Operations, and Risk teams as liaison between business users and technology<br />Provide SME input on financial crime systems architecture and data flows<br />Analyse large datasets for anomalies or control gaps, maintaining data integrity across surveillance/reporting systems<br />Support model validation, including tuning ML models to enhance detection capabilities<br />Participate in change management — system upgrades, patching cycles (SIT/UAT), implementations, documentation, version control<br />Skills &amp; Experience Demonstrable experience analysing complex systems within regulated banking environments, with a focus on financial crime prevention or surveillance technologies<br />Python and PowerShell for automation; experience with .NET and Power BI for data processing/integration<br />Strong data engineering background — Snowflake, advanced SQL, MongoDB (NoSQL), SSIS<br />Practical knowledge of Apache Kafka; exposure to Kubernetes for cloud deployments<br />Hands-on GitHub usage — branching strategies, release management<br />Agile/Scrum delivery experience with JIRA/Confluence<br />Exposure to AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and model lifecycle management — beneficial<br />Experience with transaction monitoring (e.g.

Actimize), sanctions screening (e.g.

Fircosoft), or market/trade surveillance platforms — beneficial but not essential<br />Excellent communication skills — able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences<br />Proactive, organised, able to manage large workloads under tight deadlines<br />Details Permanent role<br />Hybrid working<br />£80,000 - £90,000