Anti-money laundering compliance consultant

Main responsibilities

• Review the front-line marketing department's submission of customer (including corporate banking customers, private banking customers) due diligence/investment application documents to ensure compliance with understanding your customers and anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing requirements.

• Provide opinions and recommendations on anti-money laundering controls such as customer due diligence, high-risk transactions, and sanctions risks as proposed by the front-line marketing department.

• Handle suspicious transaction monitoring, investigation and early warning reporting, and write suspicious transaction reports in accordance with regulatory requirements.

• Handling name screening system and transaction screening system alerts and cases.

• Execute and conduct compliance monitoring related to anti-money laundering (including but not limited to compliance inspections)

• Assist in the establishment, maintenance and optimization of anti-money laundering name screening and transaction monitoring systems, including independent testing of anti-money laundering systems, system optimization, writing user requirements, system user testing, etc.

• Assist in handling other legal and compliance issues, participate in inquiries and handling by regulatory agencies, internal auditors and headquarters.

• Assist in the preparation, review and revision of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policies and procedures and review other internal systems and anti-money laundering-related clauses.

• Assist in the money laundering risk assessment review of new products

• Follow up on anti-money laundering related control measures, and report special circumstances as appropriate.

• Complete other tasks assigned by your supervisor.

Employment qualifications

• Financial technology/Finance/Law/Other related professional bachelor's degree or above.

• In the financial institution's anti-money laundering related field with 10 years or above experience.

• Proficient in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's anti-money laundering supervision and risk management process, familiar with trade financing anti-money laundering management, customer due diligence, high-risk or sanctions-related transactions, and suspicious transaction reporting.

• Familiar with anti-money laundering system operations and strong system data analysis skills.

• Able to write Chinese reports.

• Have strong logical thinking, communication and expression, organization and coordination, and written expression skills and learning abilities.

• Have strong sense of responsibility and team spirit, and be able to withstand a large amount of work pressure.

• Preference will be given to those with CAMS, AAMLP, and CAMLP certificates.

Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.

Our client offers successful candidates an attractive remuneration package, comprehensive benefit package and excellent career prospects.

The Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme is a regulatory framework established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, which requires banks to check the conduct history of prospective employees for positions defined under the scheme. Therefore, MRC will be a part of our selection process if you apply for the in-scope positions. For details, please refer to the "Frequently Asked Questions for In-Scope Individuals" published by HKAB.