On behalf of an international commercial bank, we are seeking a compliance officer with 2-5 years experience with AML / Financial Crimes / Sanctions.
Base salary circa HKD 40,000 per month + bonus and benefits.
Role:
- Review Sanctions referrals on clients payments & trade transactions and provide decisions in line with internal and external policies.
- Review and mitigate Sanctions risk associated with the banks correspondent banking and trade finance business.
- Conduct AML reviews of customer accounts based on AML Alerts and analytical reports.
- Assist the Head of Compliance & MLRO with conducting money laundering related investigations and draft Suspicious Activity Reports.
- Ensure that clients adhere to KYC requirements related to KYC and apply Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) if required.
- Provide AML/KYC support to RMs and other internal stakeholders.
Requirements:
- 2-5 years banking / AML / financial crime / sanctions experience. Experience from a commercial banking / trade finance background would be well regarded.
- Good understanding of local financial crimes (including AML/CFT) legislation, HK financial regulatory requirements and international best practices in compliance.
- Understanding of International Sanctions.
- Undergraduate degree in finance, business or similar.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Excel reports and other relevant banking systems.
- Fluent English, oral and written.
- Qualification(s) in ACAMS or HKIB ECF (AML/CFT) preferred.