Senior Business Analyst - AML

A major Belgian bank in Brussels is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to design, deliver and maintain high-quality solutions for AML processes — ensuring compliance, efficiency and scalability. You gather business requirements from operational and compliance teams, align with IT and data providers, and translate regulatory needs into functional, non-functional and technical specifications for AML monitoring and detection.

Contract length: 12 months.

Estimated daily rate (EUR): 620 - 740 (Rivant market estimate, not a client rate card).

Start date: 2026-09-30.

Location: Brussels (5 min walk from Central Station) - hybrid ~50% on site / 50% homeworking. Remote/telework from Belgium only.

Education: Master's or equivalent by experience.

Responsibilities include: eliciting, analysing and documenting business, compliance and functional requirements related to AML monitoring and detection; working with operational teams, Compliance, architects, IT and SMEs to translate regulatory requirements into specifications; building and sharing AML typology domain knowledge across the programme; analysing and redesigning AML processes (alert triage, L1/L2/L3 escalation) aligned with group and regulatory standards; specifying parameters underpinning detection logic — scenarios, thresholds and alert workflow; defining metrics and performance goals with the project manager, architects and delivery team; designing test conditions and expected results for product, performance and UAT; managing requirements traceability for impact and coverage analysis; participating in quality reviews of designs and prototypes with formal Compliance validation; planning and executing the BA requirements management strategy through all project phases; partnering with internal and external delivery organisations and prioritising dependencies; and serving as a liaison to the business community.

Business experience: good understanding of workflow processes (mandatory), requirements management (mandatory), strong IT conceptual and technical affinity (mandatory), scaled agile environment (mandatory), AML systems and related configuration/tuning processes (preferable), AML domain in a project context (preferable).

Functional experience: business analysis (≥4 years, mandatory), AML monitoring and detection requirements (scenarios, thresholds, alert workflow) (preferable).

Technical experience: conceptual modelling techniques and methods (mandatory), MS Office (mandatory), IT and testing understanding (mandatory), process modeling tools (e.g. BPMN, Visio) (preferable).

Language requirements: English fluent in speaking, reading, writing (mandatory); Dutch fluent (not mandatory); French fluent (not mandatory).

Soft skills: analytical mind and conceptual thinking, negotiation and persuasion skills, structured approach, able to work independently, problem-solver, quality-minded with an eye for detail, goal-oriented, open to change, good stakeholder management, strong communication skills.