Assistant Manager – Quant & Risk Analyst | Forensic & Financial Crime | Deloitte Careers | Chennai
Job Description
Summary
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP is hiring an Assistant Manager – Quant and Risk Analyst for its Forensic & Financial Crime team in Chennai. This role focuses on sanctions screening frameworks, risk modeling, and financial crime analytics, ensuring compliance with global regulations such as OFAC, EU, UN, and HMT.
If you have 1–3 years of experience in sanctions screening model development, tuning, and validation, strong technical expertise in Python, SQL, R, or SAS, and familiarity with leading platforms such as FircoSoft, Actimize, or Oracle Watchlist Screening, this is an exciting opportunity to advance your career in financial crime risk management and forensic analytics with a Big 4 consulting leader.
Job Details at a Glance
| Job Title | Assistant Manager – Quant & Risk Analyst |
|---|---|
| Location | Chennai, India |
| Entity | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP |
| Business Unit | Forensic & Financial Crime |
| Designation | Assistant Manager |
| Experience Required | 1–3 years (sanctions screening, risk analytics) |
| Education | Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in relevant field |
| Technical Skills | Python, R, SQL, SAS, data modeling |
| Tools/Platforms | FircoSoft, Bridger, Actimize, Oracle Watchlist Screening |
| Work Mode | Hybrid |
| Travel | Occasional client travel |
Key Responsibilities
As an Assistant Manager – Quant and Risk Analyst, you will:
- Design, test, and optimize sanctions screening frameworks (name and payment screening).
- Enhance sanctions models using fuzzy matching algorithms, rules logic, and thresholds.
- Conduct periodic reviews of screening models to ensure compliance with global sanctions standards (OFAC, EU, UN, HMT).
- Perform tuning and threshold calibration using historical alert data and false positive metrics.
- Analyze outcomes to provide data-driven insights for risk mitigation.
- Maintain comprehensive model documentation, validation reports, and governance records.
- Collaborate with compliance, technology, and business teams to support audits and regulatory reviews.
Skills & Qualifications
Required
- 1–3 years of experience in sanctions screening, risk analytics, or financial crime compliance.
- Familiarity with leading screening platforms (FircoSoft, Bridger, Actimize, Oracle Watchlist Screening).
- Strong technical proficiency in Python, R, SQL, SAS.
- In-depth understanding of global sanctions regimes (OFAC, EU, UN, HMT).
- Ability to conduct alert quality analysis and root cause investigations.
- Strong written and verbal communication for client and stakeholder interactions.
Preferred
- Exposure to AI/ML techniques for entity resolution or fuzzy matching optimization.
- Experience integrating sanctions screening within broader AML/CFT frameworks.
- Prior involvement in regulatory examinations or independent validations.
Why Deloitte?
- Work with industry-leading experts in financial crime and forensic risk analytics.
- Build skills in regulatory compliance, sanctions modeling, and advanced data analytics.
- Thrive in a hybrid work model with opportunities for global exposure.
- Benefit from career development programs, mentorship, and cross-business mobility.
- Be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace culture.
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