Bank of America Corporation

Financial Crimes Sr. Product Owner / Sr. Business Analyst

Bank of America Corporation • $110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or related fields.
  • Proven experience managing technology products in an Agile environment.
  • Strong skills in gathering requirements and creating user stories.
  • Proficiency in Jira for backlog and change management.
  • Experience with SQL for data analysis and querying.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for Financial Crimes applications.
  • Deliver initiatives using Agile methodologies and manage product backlog.
  • Gather and document business and functional requirements for technology projects.
  • Analyze data and application performance to drive product improvements.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to align on product priorities and risks.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for assigned products and processes.
  • Manage end-to-end product risk and ensure operational stability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and highly regulated industry.
  • Exposure to advanced technology and data platforms like Teradata and Hadoop.
  • Possibility to influence product strategy and user experience improvements.
  • Involvement in critical operations that support financial crimes investigations.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders.
Full Job Description

Job Description:

This role is responsible for maximizing the value of technology products that support Financial Crimes operations and investigations. The individual will serve as a Product Owner for a portfolio of applications and platforms used by Financial Crimes teams, partnering with business stakeholders, technology teams, and operations partners to define product strategy, prioritize enhancements, and deliver solutions that improve efficiency, user experience, and business outcomes.

Key responsibilities include managing product roadmaps, gathering and documenting business requirements, translating stakeholder needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, coordinating testing activities, and ensuring technology solutions meet business and regulatory requirements. This role requires strong product ownership, business analysis, project coordination, and stakeholder management skills, as well as experience working with large-scale data and technology platforms in an Agile environment.

The successful candidate will serve as a liaison between business users and development teams, ensuring priorities are aligned, delivery timelines are managed effectively, and product enhancements are implemented successfully.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for applications supporting Financial Crimes investigations and operations, maximizing value delivered to business partners and end users.
  • Execute and deliver initiatives through Agile methodologies, maintaining a well-defined product backlog, prioritization framework, and release roadmap aligned to business objectives.
  • Gather, analyze, and document actionable business and functional requirements for complex technology initiatives, translating business needs into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Analyze data, business processes, and application performance metrics to synthesize insights, identify trends, and drive strategic product and process improvements.
  • Communicate and influence stakeholders across business, operations, technology, and leadership teams to gain alignment on product roadmaps, priorities, risks, and key decisions.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned products and business processes, providing guidance, driving innovation, and supporting strategic decision-making.
  • Own and manage end-to-end product risk through preventive controls, monitoring activities, issue identification, and effective remediation to reduce recurring issues and ensure operational stability.
  • Manage a portfolio of technology applications used by Financial Crimes teams, coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups to balance competing priorities, resource capacity, timelines, and delivery commitments.
  • Partner with technology teams to support solution design, development, testing, implementation, production support, and ongoing platform enhancements, ensuring solutions meet business requirements.
  • Develop and execute test plans, test scripts, and user acceptance testing activities while utilizing tools such as Jira, SQL, Teradata, Hadoop, and Microsoft Office applications to support product delivery, data analysis, and change management.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, Product Management, Technology Delivery, or related disciplines.
  • Experience managing technology products, applications, or platforms in an Agile environment.
  • Strong experience gathering requirements and translating business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
  • Experience using Jira for backlog management, Agile delivery, and change management.
  • Experience developing and executing test scripts and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Strong data analysis skills with experience querying data using SQL.
  • Experience working with large-scale data platforms such as Teradata and Hadoop.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, project timelines, and delivery dependencies in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting Financial Crimes, AML, KYC, Fraud, Sanctions, or Compliance organizations.
  • Experience with process improvement, workflow automation, and technology transformation initiatives.
  • Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.

Skills:

  • Access and Identity Management
  • Production Support
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Issue Management
  • Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
  • Solution Design
  • Written Communications
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication & Influence
  • Organization & Prioritization
  • Collaboration

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

About Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management. It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. Bank of America completed the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co on 1 January 2009. Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. In April 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Christian Meissner as head of investment banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single division. In October 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognised as the Most Innovative Investment Bank of the Year in The Banker's Investment Banking Awards.

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