Senior Business Analyst, Compliance Systems and Analytics

Senior Business Analyst, Compliance Systems and Analytics – Vilnius, Lithuania

Do you like to guide the evolution of the next generation of compliance products from conception to implementation and beyond? Do you consider yourself strategic, data-driven, and execution-focused person? Are you interested in being an essential part of our product organization, driving platform modernization, and delivering innovative tools that will support the ever-changing global compliance landscape? Then, it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Business Analyst, Compliance Systems and Analytics

Western Union powers your pursuit 

Western Union is seeking a strategic, data-driven, and execution-focused Product Owner to join our Compliance Systems and Analytics (CSA) team. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering the vision and roadmap of a critical platform that will support our global risk and compliance functions. 

This involves working cross-functionally with Operations, Policy, Data, and Technology to understand our various global compliance needs, user personas, and competition to formulate requirements, and deliver impactful solutions to our users. 

Role Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Vision 

• Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to understand regulatory trends, pain points, and future-state needs. 

• Deliver the product strategy to align with business priorities, ever-changing regulatory mandates, and enterprise modernization  

• Support outcome-oriented roadmaps for systems such as case management, investigations, regulatory reporting, and audit. 

• Use data to inform prioritization, evaluate product performance (KPIs), and identify product opportunities. 

• Execution and Delivery 

• Understand user and stakeholder needs and gather product requirements, prioritizing them based on business impact. 

• Foster relationships with stakeholders and communicate workstream status, issues, and risks on a regular cadence. 

• Translate strategic project requirements into clear, prioritized product Epics, Features, and User Stories. 

• Lead and coordinate mid-sized projects, including research, analysis, documentation, design/develop testing, training, status reporting, implementation, and post-rollout review and audit. 

• Partner with cross-functional teams through discovery, development, and deployment while ensuring timelines, scope, and quality targets are met. 

• Ensure backlog is shoveled by meeting the Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) to support effective planning and delivery. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration  

• Collaborate with technical, compliance, and operational stakeholders to align on requirements, dependences, and business outcomes. 

• Connect with our user base to understand their needs and identify innovative solutions. 

Role Requirements

• Solid experience and proven track record of compliance knowledge, preferably in the financial services.

• Strong product ownership or business analysis experience.

• Ability to go beyond order-taking, strong problem solver with transformative mindset.

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English language (verbally and written).

• Ability to work independently and challenge the status quo.

• Technical knowledge with AWS, Snowflake (preferred), Jira, Reich and/or Figma.

• Knowledge of SQL and Python is considered as a plus.

• Experience with regulatory/compliance systems (Hummingbird, Palantir, OFAC tools) is evaluated as an advantage.

Workplace Options

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Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

BENEFITS AND OTHER DETAILS

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few. Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your Lithuania specific benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance (3 options)

• Life & Accident Insurance

• Additional days off

• Wide variety of discounts and special offers

• ⁠Free Fitness facilities

• Volunteering activities

• Referral program

Salary

The monthly gross base salary range is 3,500 -4,550 EUR. This range represents anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible for an annual variable target incentive (which may include long-term incentives, if eligible) that aligns with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidate’s qualifications, skills and competencies.

Other Details

We are passionate about honoring our employee's identity and fostering a feeling of belonging. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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