Screening Testing and Optimization Expert

Compliance with (international) client transparency regulations, such as Financial Economic Crime (FEC/AML) is essential for ING to continue offering products to its clients. One of the enablers of ING’s Think Forward strategy is Operational Excellence. Streamlining our expertise, processes and tools will have a massive impact on the quality of client services that we’re able to offer and will greatly improve our customer experience as well as the time-to-market of new solutions. The Screening Optimization Expert will play a vital role to ensure compliance with these regulations in an effective and efficient way by, among others, concentrating the required knowledge and experience and using one integrated control model, planning and robust tooling.

Function description:

The Screening Testing and Optimization Expert will form part of the Global KYC Screening Services organization. The main responsibility of this first line team is to provide the ING business and functions with guidance and standardized methodologies and controls. The team identifies FEC related risks, emerging trends, typologies, and threats and maintains ING’s global policy guidance, risk assessment methodology and customer control framework. Furthermore, the team is responsible testing the design of ING’s screening software to understand risk involved (if any) and to continually optimize the software towards efficiency gains.

Your main tasks:

• In-depth study of the screening software for Name Screening, Transaction Screening and Adverse Media Screening to understand its way of working.
• Create, plan and implement test scenarios for the screening software.
• Wear several hats during the process including but not limited to software tester, alert handler, risk & control reviewer.
• Prepare clear and concise summary of the testing results as well as present them to stake holders.
• Have the ability to change from micro view to macro perspective and vice versa during the testing/review process.
• Co-ordination with relevant teams/stake holders for implementation of test plans.
• Support screening related change projects and filter upgrades.
• Provide expertise on screening system components and configurations that will maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
• Own and maintain documentation relating to configuration, testing and setup of screening systems.
• Support screening audits and risk assessments, provide technical documentation, testing and validation evidence.

Knowledge and experience:

• Academic degree (preferably accredited or certified in Financial Crime (Sanctions, AML) or Risk Management areas).
• Previous experience with testing for screening application is needed (Fircosoft, RDC or similar)
• Experience with any Machine learning based tools would be valued

• Understanding of SWIFT message formats (incl. 20022 XML) and prior experience with SWIFT Sanctions Testing tool is preferred.
• Prior experience in payments domain and knowledge of various transaction/message types is valued.
• Proactive, Can-Do, No Surprises and Positive mind-set. Overall have a healthy work ethic and a willingness to collaborate.
• Ability to facilitate decision-making to drive complex design issues to a conclusion.
• Proven communication, convincing and advisory skills with the ability to work at all levels within the organisation.
• Builds bridges by nature and be able to span between different levels, different people and different cultures. The relationships are built on capability and trust.
• Independent worker yet with a strong mindset as a team player.