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This position is to support the establishment of an Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework for the Group (HLB, HLISB and its overseas operations) through effective implementation of initiatives to combat money laundering and terrorism financing activities.
Your key responsibilities in this role:
- Complete review of customer transactions which are alerted. This involves analyzing alerts and investigating transactional activities to detect suspicion of financial crime (i.e. money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, sanctions breaches, etc).
- Conduct searches, perform due diligence, gather data and record evidence from internal systems, public searches, commercial databases and enquiry with Business, or other stakeholders.
- Build and apply knowledge of money laundering processes, sanctions(s) or laws/regulation(s) to case investigations.
- Report potential unusual client activities which may relate to financial crime.
- Conduct investigation as per policies, procedures, and meet internal and external regulatory requirements.
- Meet the Service Level Agreement (turnaround time) for case/transactions review/investigations agreed upon with stakeholders.
- Meet productivity and quality (rejects/QA) targets set.
- Adhere to all policies and confidentiality standard.
- Ensure proper investigation of suspicious transactions related to possible money laundering / terrorism financing alerts.
- Ensure timely, efficient reporting of suspicious transactions report (STR) to FIED of Bank Negara Malaysia.
Who are we looking out for:
- A candidate with at least a Diploma, Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, PostGraduate Diploma, Professional Degree, Finance//Banking/Actuarial Science/Mathematics or equivalent.
- Minimum 1 year of working experience in a banking or financial institution with specialization in AML/CFT or transaction monitoring.
- Background in risk management / regulatory compliance will be added advantage.
- Good command of English, both written and spoken.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in MS Office applications.
