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What you'll do:

What we are looking for:

• Leverages technology to enable advanced analytical and data visualization techniques to improve risk detection and increase operational efficiencies. Assists with tuning and optimization of BSA and fraud detection models, transaction monitoring system, Customer Due Diligence scoring algorithm, and the Sanctions monitoring system. Supports Financial Crimes Compliance management in the development of an effective Financial Crimes Compliance model governance program, in accordance with Model Risk Management guidelines, that meets regulatory requirements.

• Participates in the development and execution of monitoring reporting for Financial Crimes Compliance models.

• Assists in the design and governance of Financial Crimes Compliance monitoring systems (transaction, Customer Risk Rating, Sanctions) to ensure adequate controls are in place.

• Independently identifies opportunities for risk coverage enhancements and proactively provides technical solutions including data extraction, data manipulation, and automated dashboarding to provide insights to leadership.

• Write documentation for Financial Crimes Models consistent with the Bank's documentation standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from a college or university and/or equivalent work experience in Fraud or Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering or related experience in financial services data analysis and systems technologies. Technical degrees such as statistics, finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, or data science are preferred.

• Strong written communication skills with experience in writing technical documents for diverse audiences.

• Intermediate knowledge of general banking, including an understanding of bank products, services, regulations, policies, and procedures, with an emphasis on Financial Crimes knowledge. Senior Analysts possess Advanced Expert knowledge in this area.

• Demonstrated use and intermediate knowledge of SQL and/or Python in a professional environment (1000 hours of writing code)

• Experience using Power BI or equivalent data reporting tools.

• Experience testing and validating code and resulting data sets.

• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate with your teammates

Benefits you'll love:
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!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

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. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation