Financial Crime Compliance - AML & Banking Risk Tokyo

Join a global financial services leader in Tokyo as a Financial Crime Compliance & Risk Advisory professional, providing second-line financial crime advisory, regulatory oversight, and risk governance across Corporate & Institutional Banking, Asset Management, and Securities.

This is a high-visibility second-line risk position covering key areas of AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC), transaction monitoring, screening, and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD). You will help ensure that financial crime controls remain effective while supporting the implementation of global and regional risk frameworks within Japan.

Working closely with APAC policy leads, functional stakeholders, country risk teams, and local business functions, you will monitor regulatory developments, support regulatory examinations, analyse risk metrics, and advise on improvements to the financial crime control environment.

For an experienced Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), AML, or financial crime operations professional, this position offers broad exposure across multiple financial services businesses and the opportunity to develop toward broader senior leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a second-line Financial Crime Compliance risk owner, providing advice and oversight across Corporate & Institutional Banking, Asset Management, and Securities.
• Advise business and control functions on financial crime risks, regulatory expectations, policies, and appropriate control measures.
• Review, monitor, and perform quality assurance on offshored financial crime activities, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD).
• Implement and support financial crime risk appetite policies covering AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC).
• Monitor changes to Japanese financial crime regulations and assess their potential impact on local policies, controls, and business activities.
• Support regulatory examinations and assist with communication with Japanese regulatory authorities.
• Conduct compliance monitoring reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of first-line financial crime controls.
• Analyse financial crime risk metrics, monitoring results, and control information to identify emerging risks or areas requiring improvement.
• Recommend practical process and control enhancements to strengthen the effectiveness of the financial crime framework.
• Partner with APAC policy leads, functional stakeholders, and country risk functions to coordinate governance frameworks.
• Support alignment between Japan requirements and broader regional or global Financial Crime Compliance policies.
• Maintain effective communication with local and regional stakeholders across multiple business lines.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Experience:

• 3-5+ years of hands-on experience in Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) or financial crime operations within financial services.
• Strong practical knowledge of core financial crime areas, including AML, sanctions, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC).
• Experience working with financial crime controls, regulatory requirements, monitoring, or risk management processes.
• Understanding of transaction monitoring, screening, Enhanced Due Diligence, or related financial crime processes.
• Ability to operate within a second-line compliance or risk environment and evaluate the effectiveness of first-line controls.
• Experience working with financial services stakeholders in a regulated environment.
• More than 3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor's degree.

Soft Skills:

• Proactive and independent working style with the ability to take ownership of responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical ability to interpret risk metrics, identify control weaknesses, and recommend improvements.
• Sound judgement when assessing financial crime and regulatory risks.
• Ability to communicate effectively across local and regional teams.
• Collaborative approach when working with APAC policy teams, business functions, and country risk stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple regulatory and compliance priorities.
• Long-term leadership mindset with the ambition and potential to take on broader responsibilities.

Language Requirements:

• Japanese: Fluent / Native level
• English: Upper-business level

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience within wholesale banking, corporate banking, capital markets, securities, or asset management.
• Formal professional background or experience in legal, accounting, audit, or risk.
• Broader exposure to financial crime areas such as fraud, transaction monitoring, EDD, or regulatory examinations.
• Experience working within an international or APAC financial institution.
• Exposure to regional Financial Crime Compliance policies, governance, or risk appetite frameworks.

About the Company

Our client is a global financial services leader providing comprehensive corporate and investment banking, investment, and wealth solutions through an extensive international network.

The organisation operates across multiple financial services businesses, creating an environment where Financial Crime Compliance professionals can gain exposure beyond a single product or business line.

Within Japan, the Financial Crime function works closely with local stakeholders and APAC teams to maintain effective AML/CFT, sanctions, ABC, fraud, regulatory, and risk governance frameworks while responding to evolving Japanese regulatory expectations.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Take on a high-visibility second-line Financial Crime Compliance role covering multiple financial services businesses.
• Gain broad exposure across Corporate & Institutional Banking, Asset Management, and Securities.
• Develop expertise across AML/CFT, sanctions, ABC, fraud, transaction monitoring, screening, and EDD.
• Work closely with APAC policy leads and regional stakeholders, providing significant international exposure.
• Contribute to regulatory examinations and the implementation of financial crime risk frameworks in Japan.
• Build experience across advisory, monitoring, governance, risk analysis, and control improvement rather than focusing on a single FCC process.
• Develop toward broader responsibilities with potential for future career advancement into senior leadership.
• Benefit from remote/WFH options and flexible working hours.
• Enjoy an environment with minimal overtime and strong work-life flexibility.
• Receive a competitive annual compensation package of ¥11M-¥14M.

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