Senior Executive/Executive, Compliance Analyst (Center of Excellence)

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Overview

The incumbent is responsible for supporting the Unit Head in establishing an AML/CFT framework for overseas operations by effectively identifying and assessing risks, executing all project-related deliverables, and analyzing and investigating transaction and name matches through the application of business, regulatory, and country-specific knowledge (where applicable) during the review and disposition of alerts, with the aim ofmitigating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, Proliferation Financing (ML/TF/PF) and sanctions risks.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for completing reviews of alerted customer transactions and names to detect potential financial crimes such as ML/TF/PF and sanctions breaches, including assessing system-generated alerts to determine accuracy and ensure proper investigation.

• Conduct searches, perform due diligence, and gather data from internal systems, public searches, and commercial databases, while building and applying knowledge of sanctions and regulations to all case investigations.

• Conduct investigations as per policies and meet internal and external regulatory requirements, ensuring that all suspicious transactions and confirmed name hits are escalated promptly and efficiently to relevant stakeholders.

• Meet the Service Level Agreement (turnaround time) for case investigations agreed upon with stakeholders while simultaneously meeting all set productivity and quality (rejects/QA) targets.

• Adhere to all policies and confidentiality standards, ensuring that potential suspicious customer activities are escalated in accordance with financial crime risk mitigation protocols.

• To take on additional ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Unit Head while maintaining the integrity of the investigation process and organizational standards.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Risk, Audit, or any relevant field.

• Possessing AML/CFT certification is preferred.

• Strong academic or professional foundation in financial crime compliance.

• Minimum of 1-4 years of working experience (dependent on seniority level) in a banking and financial institution with specialization in financial crime compliance.

• Extensive exposure to the areas of risk assessment, bank operations, and AML/CFT management.

• Proven experience in transaction monitoring and investigating transactional activities.

• Experience in analyzing and investigating name matches triggered under watchlist screening systems.

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now.