Job requisition ID :: 84124 Date: Jun 9, 2025 Location: Chennai Designation: Senior Executive Entity: Overview of role and associated job description Economic Sanctions and Screening team responsible for developing, enhancing, and validating sanctions screening frameworks and models. This role plays a pivotal part in fortifying the firm's financial crime risk posture by ensuring our screening capabilities align with global regulatory expectations and industry best practices. Responsibilities Design and Development: Develop, test, and optimize sanctions screening frameworks including name and payment screening methodologies. Model Enhancement: Evaluate existing sanctions models (fuzzy matching algorithms, rules logic, thresholds) and propose enhancements based on regulatory guidance and operational feedback. Framework Review: Conduct periodic and event-driven reviews of sanctions screening models to ensure continued relevance and compliance with OFAC, EU, UN, and other regulatory standards. Scenario Calibration and Tuning: Support tuning and threshold analysis for match scoring, leveraging historical alert data and false positive metrics. Data Analytics and Insights: Analyze screening outcomes to identify gaps, trends, and patterns that inform risk mitigation strategies and enhance effectiveness. Documentation and Governance: Prepare and maintain comprehensive model documentation, validation reports, and technical specifications in line with model risk governance frameworks. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with compliance officers, technology teams, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, explain model logic, and support audits and regulatory reviews. Required Experience and Skills: Domain Expertise: 1-3 years of hands-on experience in sanctions screening framework development, tuning, and validation. Familiarity with leading screening platforms (e.g., FircoSoft, Bridger, Actimize, Oracle Watchlist Screening, etc.) and list management practices. In-depth understanding of global sanctions regimes (OFAC, EU, UN, HMT) and related regulatory expectations. Experience in integrating sanctions screening models with broader AML/CFT frameworks. Exposure to AI/ML techniques for entity resolution or fuzzy matching optimization. Prior involvement in regulatory examinations or independent validations of screening tools. Technical Proficiency: Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, R, SQL, SAS). Experience in data modeling, scoring logic calibration, and large-scale dataset analysis. Analytical Thinking: Ability to conduct root cause analysis on alert quality issues. Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving capabilities. Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical models to non-technical stakeholders. Ability to craft data-backed narratives and present recommendations with clarity. Education Bachelor's Degree / Master's Degree Location Chennai /Bengaluru / Mumbai