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Expert Business Analyst – KYC (Regulatory Change & Business Analysis)

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Brussels
Location type
Hybrid
Job Type
Full time

As an Expert Business Analyst – KYC, you will lead the analysis, design, and implementation of KYC regulatory and policy changes across banking operations. Acting as the bridge between Business, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and IT, you will translate complex regulatory requirements into business processes and technical solutions while ensuring full compliance with EU, Belgian, and client regulations. You will drive end-to-end KYC initiatives, optimize customer due diligence processes, and ensure successful implementation across multiple banking entities and brands.

What will you do?

  • Lead the end-to-end analysis and implementation of KYC regulatory and policy changes across business and IT teams.
  • Interpret EU AML directives, Belgian KYC legislation, and internal client policies, translating regulatory requirements into clear business and functional specifications.
  • Define, document, prioritize, and maintain KYC business requirements, ensuring complete traceability from regulation to implementation.
  • Design, optimize, and improve KYC processes, including customer onboarding, customer due diligence (CDD), UBO identification, sanctions screening, risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring.
  • Perform impact assessments for new regulations, policy updates, sanctions changes, and risk methodology modifications.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects, Developers, Testers, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Operations to deliver compliant KYC solutions.
  • Translate business requirements into functional specifications for IT delivery teams.
  • Support testing activities by validating business requirements, reviewing test scenarios, and ensuring regulatory compliance before production release.
  • Lead quality reviews of functional designs, documentation, prototypes, and implementation deliverables.
  • Manage the Business Analysis workstream independently, including planning, stakeholder communication, risk management, and reporting.
  • Serve as the KYC Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cross-functional teams and external solution providers.
  • Mentor and support junior Business Analysts on KYC regulations, requirements engineering, and banking best practices.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of KYC processes, governance, and regulatory compliance within an Agile environment.

What do you bring?

  • Minimum 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst within a regulatory banking environment.
  • Proven experience delivering KYC regulatory implementation projects rather than purely operational KYC activities.
  • Deep understanding of KYC processes, including customer onboarding, customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), UBO identification, sanctions screening, AML/CTF compliance, risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring.
  • Strong ability to interpret regulatory texts and translate them into business requirements, functional specifications, and IT deliverables.
  • Experience working with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Business, and IT stakeholders throughout regulatory implementation projects.
  • Strong knowledge of requirements management and documentation using JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, and related tools.
  • Experience documenting and modelling business processes using industry-standard techniques.
  • Familiarity with KYC systems, customer screening platforms, transaction monitoring tools, and case management solutions.
  • Experience supporting testing, validation, and quality assurance of regulatory implementations.
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Tribes, Squads, and Chapters.
  • Excellent analytical thinking, stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously while managing multiple regulatory initiatives under tight deadlines.
  • Master's degree or equivalent higher education.

Languages

  • English: Strong written and spoken communication skills.
  • Dutch: Strong written and spoken communication skills or
  • French: Strong written and spoken communication skills.

Job Details

Role: Expert Business Analyst – KYC
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 31/12/2026
Working model: Hybrid (50% onsite / 50% homeworking)
Hours per week: Full-time (40 hours)

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