Assistant Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Surveillance

About the Client:

A leading and innovative digital payments company seeking a skilled and proactive compliance professional to join the team as Assistant Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Surveillance

Role Summary

Seeking a dynamic and diligent Assistant Manager to join the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team. In this role, you will be a key player in safeguarding the platform against financial crime risks. You will be responsible for executing and enhancing the surveillance strategies, focusing on transaction monitoring, name screening, and customer risk profiling. This is a critical role for ensuring the integrity and security of the digital ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

1. Transaction Monitoring (TM)

• Perform daily monitoring and analysis of alerts generated by the AML/CFT transaction monitoring system.
• Investigate and assess potentially suspicious transactions and customer activities.
• Prepare clear and concise reports on findings and recommend actions, including the potential filing of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs).

2. Name Screening & Sanctions

• Conduct thorough screening of customers and transactions against relevant sanctions lists, PEPs, and other internal/external watchlists.
• Investigate and resolve potential matches, ensuring all false positives are properly documented and true hits are escalated appropriately.
• Assist in the maintenance and tuning of the screening system parameters.

3. Customer Due Diligence (CDD) & Risk Profiling

• Support the periodic review and refresh of customer CDD information.
• Assist in the calibration and application of customer risk ratings based on established risk factors.
• Analyze and investigate customers identified as high-risk through the profiling process.

4. Quality Assurance & Enhancement

• Participate in quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) exercises on FCC processes (e.g., sample-based reviews of TM alerts, CDD files) to ensure adherence to policies and standards.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FCC surveillance framework.
• Stay abreast of regulatory developments and emerging financial crime typologies relevant to the digital payments and fintech industry.

Qualifications & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Business, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 10 years of relevant working experience in an AML/CFT or Financial Crime Compliance role, preferably within a digital bank, fintech, payment services provider, or financial institution.
• Required: Demonstrable hands-on experience in the major aspects of AML/CFT, specifically in: Transaction Monitoring (TM), Name Screening, CDD and Customer Risk Profiling
• Preferred: Exposure to AML/CFT Quality Assurance (QA) or Quality Control (QC) processes is a significant advantage.

Please be informed that only shortlisted candidate will be notified.

Kindly contact Ms. Jamie via WhatsApp at 012-2389953 or via email at jamie.tan@peoplelake.asia if you need further information