Assistant Manager,Financial Crime & Regulatory C...

Summary
Responsible for assisting with risk and compliance reviews in coordination with the broader Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) department team. The overall objective is to utilize basic Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) knowledge to independently review, analyze and conduct effective due diligence and investigations on higher risk cases that may be a potential risk to the Bank.

Transaction Monitoring Unit
Duties and Responsibilities

1.Alert Management

• Assist with the investigations and research on potentially suspicious client using various internal and external systems and databases.
• Summarize, in writing, clear and concise findings of the investigation. Ensure to dispose a case in the AML system
• Ensure suspicious activity being escalated to STR team within timely manner.
• Inform management of issues that require escalation and interact regularly with various lines of business, other analyst/management regarding accounts currently under review.
• Appropriately assess risk when decisions are made when reviewing the alerts.
• Follow-up with additional point(s) of contact as needed to identify additional information (such as branch, other units) in support of the case.
• Ensure to achieve target set of 50 – 100 alerts/ > more or 100%/more on monthly basis.
• Ensure nil/less than 5 alerts of rejection from the Quality Assurance (QA) team on monthly basis.
• Ensure to meet gradual target set (new hire)

2.Change Management Objectives
• Participation in training sessions and meetings – Ensure adherence to participate in the training and meeting sessions.
• Training – Ensure to achieve minimal credit hours on online training set by the Human Resource (HR) team.
• Policy or Cultural changes – Adapting on the any new policy or cultural changes within the team/Bank
• Ensure minimal unplanned absenteeism.
• Ensure effective participation during team meeting and discussion.

3. Ensure adherence and compliance to all internal policies/guidelines and external regulatory requirements.
4.Any other duties/assignment as and when directed/assigned by the superior as per business requirement from time to time.

Qualification 

Bachelor Degree

Years of Experience

< 2 years

Specific Skills/Knowledge and Certification Required

• Good exposure and experience of working in the related areas i.e. Banking and fast-moving environment.
• Strong managerial skill.
•  Good communication, writing skill and interpersonal.
•  Be an assertive and innovative team player, highly independent, committed, self-motivated, resourceful and result-oriented.
• Ability to perform a variety of functions at various levels internally & externally.
• Ability to multi-task, highly numerate with great attention to detail