Senior AML system manager

ACCA Careers; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCA Careers’ client, a highly respected financial institution with a strong cross-border network across the Greater Bay Area and Mainland China, seeks a senior AML technology leader. You will champion AML monitoring, sanctions screening, and case management platforms while optimizing parameters and thresholds for accuracy and efficiency.

You will guide governance, data lineage, and validation protocols, partnering with technology teams to ensure reliability and seamless batch and live

Qualifications

• Minimum 6–8 years of AML compliance technology or financial crime operations experience.
• At least 3 years in leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Proven track record leading AML-focused technology implementations in banking.
• Fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua).
• Industry-recognised AML certifications (e.g., CAMS) advantageous.
• Degree in IT, business administration, or finance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary product champion for AML technology suites and oversee governance, audit trails, and data lineage.
• Improve AML system parameters, rules, alert thresholds, and workflows for peak efficiency.
• Run health checks on AML engines, calibrate algorithms, and reduce false positives.
• Ensure complete documentation for system mappings, data lineage, and validation protocols.
• Collaborate with tech teams to maintain platform reliability and data integrity.
• Lead end-to-end tech upgrade projects including AI integration and regulatory changes.
• Work with third parties to deploy RegTech and ML tools and measure ROI.
• Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual processing and mitigate risks inside AML.

Skills

AML compliance technology

Leadership

RegTech & ML integration

Project management

Data governance

Audit & controls

English & Chinese fluency

SAS familiarity

Education

Tertiary education in IT/Business/Finance

Tools

SAS

Job description

About The Company.

Our client is a highly respected financial institution , renowned for its strong cross-border network across the Greater Bay Area and Mainland China, the bank provides comprehensive retail, commercial, and wealth management services.

About The Job.

• Serve as the primary product champion and business representative for all AML and financial crime technology suites, encompassing transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and investigative case management workflows.
• Continuously evaluate and refine AML system parameters, rule logic, alert thresholds, and operational pathways to ensure peak efficiency.
• Perform routine health checks on AML detection engines, calibrating algorithms and investigating false-positive trends to boost precision while keeping operational backlogs in check.
• Oversee all technical governance and audit trails, ensuring complete and accurate records for system mappings, logic adjustments, data lineage, and validation protocols.
• Champion platform reliability and data integrity by partnering closely with technology teams to troubleshoot outages, rectify data anomalies, and ensuring seamless batch and live processing for all AML systems.
• Lead end-to-end project life cycles for technology upgrades, AI integration, and regulatory adaptations-guiding the process from initial scoping and vendor appraisal to rigorous testing (UAT) and successful deployment.
• Collaborate with third-party experts to deploy advanced RegTech and machine learning tools aimed at streamlining alert triage and name-screening matching, whilst measuring post-implementation ROI.
• Identify and propose strategic automation opportunities that minimise human intervention and mitigate processing vulnerabilities within the AML framework.

skills & experience required.

• Tertiary education in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 6 to 8 years of dedicated experience within AML compliance technology or financial crime operations.
• At least 3 years of experience operating in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrated success in steering AML-focused technology implementations within the banking sector.
• Exceptional organisational and problem-solving capabilities, adept at deciphering intricate regulatory tech challenges while managing multiple parallel projects.
• Hands-on expertise with industry-standard AML software and compliance platforms (familiarity with SAS architecture is a distinct asset).
• Complete fluency in both written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) is required.
• Possession of industry-recognised certifications in Anti-Money Laundering (e.g., CAMS) is highly advantageous.