Senior Vice President / Director - Financial Crime Compliance

Job Description

Our client, a growing financial institution, is looking to hire a Senior Compliance profesional with at least 10 years experience in Financial Crime with specific experience of covering Global Markets

You will also be expected to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders to drive a proactive, consistent and co-ordinated approach to risk management (Financial Crime) within

Markets. You will also provide insight and advice to Management ensuring potential risks are appropriately considered (along with remediation and treatment strategies) and understood throughout strategic decision making and transformation processes. You will be an expert in your field.

Tittle: Director, Financial Crime

Reports to: Head of Compliance

Some of the Responsibilities

• Acts as the Senior Manager under the MAS Guidelines on Individual Accountability & Conduct responsible for financial crime prevention, and is principally responsible for managing the AML/CFT risks and local affiliates in line with MAS regulation and AML/CFT policy.
• Acts as the MLRO and local affiliates and be responsible for effective monitoring of all business relationships and client transactions to identify all potential irregularities and suspicions from AML/CFT perspective, and submitting STRs to the MAS in a timely manner.
• Lead the Financial Crime team and local affiliates.
• Leads and Conducts Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing and local affiliates.
• Monitors the daily operations and local affiliates and ensure that adequate financial crime prevention measures are adopted in accordance with all regulations, policies and procedures.
• Advises management, businesses, operations and support teams on AML/CFT requirements, so as to facilitate client on-boarding, business initiatives and negotiations.

Skills and Qualifications

• At least 10 years' relevant work experience in Financial Crime with specific experience of covering Global Markets, Investment Banking and Wealth Management within a financial institution.
• A University degree or equivalent with proven experience working in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of existing and developing industry standards with respect to Financial Crime.
• Proven ability to engage, collaborate, influence and negotiate with key senior stakeholders.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills ensuring collaboration with key stakeholders/ business partners, including the Front Office, Divisional and regional Compliance teams, IT, vendors, and relevant project teams.
• Possess exceptional leadership, management, analytical and communication skills needed for dealing with market participants and internal stakeholders.
• Results oriented, sets goals and priorities that maximize the use of resources available to consistently deliver quality results.
• Ability to identify and cultivate high quality team members.

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