About the job
Job Title: Financial Crime Compliance Testing / UAT Consultant
Location: Dubai
Contract Duration: 6 months
Level: Senior Consultant to Assistant Manager
Openings: 1 position
Job Description
Join our dynamic team at Capitex as a Financial Crime Compliance Testing / UAT Consultant. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Quality Assurance Testing (QAT) for crucial Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) initiatives. Your expertise will ensure that transaction monitoring and related FCC modifications adhere to regulatory standards, business needs, and risk management protocols before they are launched.
Key Responsibilities
- Craft, maintain, and implement UAT and QAT strategies, comprehensive test plans, and schedules for FCC projects.
- Convert business needs, functional specifications, and regulatory requirements into detailed test scenarios and cases.
- Establish entry and exit criteria for testing, define defect severity levels, and determine acceptance standards in alignment with regulatory risks.
- Conduct UAT and QAT for Transaction Monitoring (TM) optimization projects, which include:
- Enhancements to scenario logic
- Recalibrating thresholds
- Updating customer segmentation
- Adding and decommissioning rules
- Assess transaction monitoring outputs for alert generation, minimize false positives, and ensure adequate risk coverage.
- Conduct sample-based testing to verify the detection of known financial crime typologies and red flags.
- Ensure data mapping, quality, and completeness across source systems and FCC platforms (e.g., SAS).
- Compare test results with expected outcomes and provide supporting documentation.
- Assist in parallel runs and perform pre- and post-implementation analysis.
- Log, track, retest, and manage defects using designated tools and workflows.
- Collaborate with IT, vendors, and FCC stakeholders to conduct root cause analysis of defects.
- Generate clear reports on test execution, defect summaries, and formal sign-off documentation.
- Guarantee that all testing artifacts, evidence, and results are audit-ready and traceable to regulatory and business requirements.
- Collaborate closely with FCC subject matter experts, Compliance teams, IT, Data teams, vendors, and PMO to synchronize testing activities with delivery timelines.
- Assist in go-live readiness assessments and provide formal recommendations for UAT sign-off.
Required Knowledge & Skills
- Proven experience in FCC testing, UAT, and QAT, particularly in transaction monitoring initiatives.
- In-depth understanding of AML/CFT regulations, transaction monitoring processes, and compliance expectations.
- Experience with FCC platforms and data environments (e.g., SAS).
- Strong analytical skills, documentation proficiency, and stakeholder management capabilities.

