Financial Crime Compliance Lead - Life Insurance

Roles and Responsibilities: Ensure AML management information accurately reflects the scope, complexity and risk level of different business lines, including onboarding, ongoing monitoring, screening results, escalations, incidents and remediation progress. Offer guidance for new customer onboarding, including risk‑based assessments, customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD). Serve as an escalation point for multiple business units on AML/CFT and Sanctions matters, ensuring r

Ambition - Hong Kong - Full time

Salary: Negotiable

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure AML management information accurately reflects the scope, complexity and risk level of different business lines, including onboarding, ongoing monitoring, screening results, escalations, incidents and remediation progress.
  • Offer guidance for new customer onboarding, including risk‑based assessments, customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD).
  • Serve as an escalation point for multiple business units on AML/CFT and Sanctions matters, ensuring regulatory requirements are integrated into daily operations despite evolving rules and business conditions.
  • Support the rollout and continuous strengthening of compliance policies and governance frameworks covering AML, outsourcing and data governance in response to rising regulatory expectations.
  • Lead quality assurance reviews, thematic assessments and other monitoring activities, ensuring issues identified are properly evaluated, escalated and addressed.
  • Deliver clear, accurate and timely AML reports to senior management, committees and relevant governance bodies, highlighting emerging risks, thematic observations and regulatory focus areas.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Law or Business, with at least 8 years of relevant experience in financial services, focused on financial crime compliance.
  • Professional AML qualifications (e.g., ACAMS), or certifications in Audit or related fields, are preferred.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to exercise sound judgement under heightened regulatory scrutiny.
  • Strong proficiency in written and spoken English and Chinese
  • High integrity with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
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