Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or information systems, with at least 3 years of experience in financial crime compliance, AML/CFT, or compliance technology testing. Must have hands-on experience with UAT for Transaction Monitoring or Customer Risk Rating systems and a solid understanding of AML/CFT frameworks, KYC/CDD/EDD processes, and sanctions screening.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Finance, Business Analysis & Consulting
Company Industry
Finance, Investment & Asset Management
Job summary
The UAT Tester / QA Analyst is responsible for planning, designing, and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Transaction Monitoring (TM) systems and related Customer Risk Rating (CRR) modules. This role ensures that TM scenarios, alert generation logic, scoring rules, and watchlist/sanctions screening configurations perform as intended before go-live, in full alignment with regulatory expectations (e.g., FATF recommendations, OFAC, UN sanctions regimes, and local regulator guidance such as SAMA). The role bridges compliance requirements and technical system behavior, translating regulatory and business rules into structured, evidence-based test cases.
Key responsibilities
UAT planning & design
Develop UAT test strategies, test plans, and entry/exit criteria for TM and CRR system implementations or upgrades.
Define UAT prerequisites, including test data readiness, environment configuration, and access provisioning.
Translate TM typologies (e.g., structuring, layering, rapid movement of funds, high-risk jurisdiction activity) into testable scenarios.
Design boundary and edge-case testing to validate threshold logic, scoring bands, and rule sensitivity/specificity.
Test execution
Execute test scripts covering alert generation, case creation, scenario tuning, and false-positive/false-negative analysis.
Validate CRR scoring logic across customer risk factors (e.g., geography, product, channel, PEP status, occupation).
Test sanctions and watchlist screening configurations, including fuzzy-matching logic and SDN/UN list updates.
Log defects, track remediation, and re-test fixes through to closure, maintaining a full audit trail.
Documentation & reporting
Prepare UAT test cases, traceability matrices (linking requirements to test cases), and defect logs.
Document test evidence sufficient to withstand internal audit and regulatory review.
Produce UAT summary reports and sign-off packs for stakeholder and governance approval.
Stakeholder coordination
Liaise with compliance, IT, and vendor teams to clarify requirements and resolve testing issues.
Support business users during UAT sign-off sessions and training on new/updated TM functionality.
Escalate systemic risks or control gaps identified during testing to compliance and technology leadership.
Required qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, information systems, or a related field.
3+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, AML/CFT, or compliance technology testing.
Hands-on experience with UAT for Transaction Monitoring or Customer Risk Rating systems.
Solid understanding of AML/CFT frameworks, KYC/CDD/EDD processes, and sanctions screening (OFAC, UN, EU).
Familiarity with SAR/STR filing processes and typology-based scenario design.
Preferred qualifications
Experience with TM/CRR platforms (e.g., Actimize, SAS AML, Oracle Mantas, Norkom, or similar).
Exposure to test management tools (e.g., JIRA, ALM, TestRail) and structured defect-tracking processes.
Prior consulting or advisory experience delivering client-facing UAT or compliance technology deliverables.
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