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Senior Analyst, Data Scientist - Compliance Strategy, Data Intelligence & Innovation

Toronto, Canada💼 Full-time💰 $83,000–$132,000🗓 2026-05-12 → 2026-07-31

Core

Tuning sanctions screening and transaction monitoring scenarios to reduce false positives and improve detection in financial crime prevention.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (compliance strategy)

Builds

Production-ready alert tuning scenarios and automated reporting for compliance teams

Domain

Payments / Financial Crime Prevention (AML/Sanctions)

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn), SQL, statistical hypothesis testing, feature engineering, model performance monitoring, regulatory documentation

Preferred skills

AI/ML concepts in financial crime, Power BI/Excel, payments industry terminology

Technologies

Python, SQL, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, Power BI, Excel

Responsibilities

Tune and optimize sanctions screening and transaction monitoring scenarios; Design, test, and validate scenario risk indicators using transactional and behavioral data; Document insights across the scenario lifecycle for audit readiness; Monitor and assess scenario performance to ensure explainability; Prepare clear summaries of scenario performance and residual risk for leadership; Build reusable Python and SQL code for data analysis and automation; Support AI and advanced analytics work to prioritize alerts and reduce noise; Reconcile key fields and flag unusual patterns to improve data quality; Collaborate with investigators to reflect regulatory typologies in data analysis.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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