Analytics Scientist (Compliance)

Your Purpose 

Data Analytics & Research (DAR) has the mission to deliver high-quality data metrics and apply rigorous analytics for decision-making and innovation. We transform data into actionable insights across the organization.

In this role your scope will include:

• Law Enforcement & Regulatory Support: Handle data extraction and analysis for Law Enforcement Requests (LER), Regulatory Reports, and Audits.
• Compliance Monitoring: Design, develop, and maintain systems to detect and report suspicious activity.
• Risk Strategy: Translate complex regulatory requirements into technical data specifications and actionable tools.

Reports To

Analytics Manager 

Who You Are 

An Analytics Scientist with 3+ years of experience who can own the analytics work for our Compliance area: designing data models, defining complex KPIs for risk monitoring, building insightful dashboards, and leading advanced analytics that ensure our platform remains secure and compliant with global and local regulations. A trusted partner to Legal, Compliance, and Engineering teams that brings strong judgment and clear communication.

• Experience: 3+ years in data analytics roles.
• Compliance Context: Familiarity with common compliance practices; understanding the types of data and analysis used for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Regulation.
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with key compliance concepts such as PEP (Politically Exposed Persons), High-Risk classifications, AML patterns (e.g., structuring), and EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence).
• SQL & Data Quality: Advanced SQL proficiency to extract, validate, and shape data for analysis and reporting ; strong discipline and attention to detail regarding data quality checks.
• BI & Storytelling: Experience building decision-oriented dashboards in BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI), with strong narrative and usability.
• Advanced Analytics for Compliance:
  • Ability to apply analytics to diagnose and generate risk alerts.
  • Capability to identify suspicious patterns.
  • Ability to perform deep-dives into user behavior.
• Metrics & Modeling: Experience defining and documenting complex KPIs and working with semantic/modeling layers (e.g., LookML/table modeling).
• Data Tools: Experience working with either Python or R for advanced analytics.
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong written and verbal communication; effective partner to Compliance and Engineering, able to present clearly to senior stakeholders.

Education & Language

• Bachelor's degree (Master's degree is a plus).
• Excellent oral and written communication in English.

Nice-to-Have

• Prior experience in Compliance specific roles
• Experience with Databricks/Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms.
• Familiarity with Git/version control and analytics engineering practices (tests, code review).
• Prior experience in experimentation platforms, event instrumentation, or product analytics frameworks.

What You Will Do 

• Data Modeling & Metrics: Build and maintain semantic/data models to power consistent reporting and define complex KPIs.
• Stakeholder Management & Collaboration: Be the main point of contact for the Compliance team, owning the end-to-end analytics loop from request intake to implementation.
• Dashboards & Decision Support: Develop and iterate on interactive dashboards that highlight performance and establish monitoring views/alerts to detect anomalies in key metrics.
• Advanced Analytics & Insights: Lead deep-dives to uncover root causes, quantify opportunities, and propose actions while turning ambiguous questions into structured analytical plans.

In a nutshell, you'll be known for

• Being the go-to analytics partner for your squad—turning ambiguity and regulatory requirements into clear plans and decisions.
• Raising the bar on metric quality and documentation so stakeholders can maintain trust in the numbers.
• Shipping analyses that actually define priorities and improve compliance outcomes.
• Communicating complex findings in a clear, simple, and elegant manner, even under tight deadlines.
• Operating with a strong ownership mindset, proposing your own ideas to improve business and compliance outcomes.

Research in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion suggests that individuals may hesitate to apply for jobs if they do not meet all the listed criteria. At Bitso, we value diversity and your unique strengths could be just what we're looking for. If this role excites you but you don't match every point in the description, we still want to hear from you.

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