Senior Associate / Associate, Financial Crime Advisory (Institutional Banking...

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited is seeking a Compliance professional to provide expert Financial Crime Advisory to business units, ensuring alignment with AML/CFT regulatory expectations and internal policies. You will review risk assessments for high-risk relationships and products, and support senior management decisions.

You will lead finance crime projects, collaborate on updating policies and controls, and prepare regulatory submissions and risk metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in financial crime compliance with AML/CFT advisory focus.
• Strong understanding of AML/CFT regulatory requirements and best practices.
• Experience handling high-risk relationships and ad hoc compliance inquiries.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Certifications in compliance (ACAMS, ICA) are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert Financial Crime Advisory to business units to ensure regulatory alignment.
• Review financial crime risk assessments on high-risk relationships and products and support senior management decisions.
• Lead financial crime related projects and enhancements for risk controls.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to update policies, procedures and controls.
• Prepare management reports, risk metrics and regulatory submissions on financial crime.

Skills

AML/CFT advisory

Analytical skills

Regulatory understanding

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Law

ACAMS/ICA certification

Job description

Group Legal, Compliance & Secretariat ensures that the bank's interests are protected by zealously guarding and enhancing its reputation and capital. We also work to maintain a good standing with all our regulators, customers, and business partners. Because we believe that at the heart of business banking is to uphold the values of trust and integrity for all our stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert Financial Crime Advisory to business units and stakeholders to ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and internal policies.
• Conduct reviews on financial crime related risk assessments on PEP relationship, specific high risk customer, and product and services, and provide support on risk decisions support to senior management.
• Manage and handle financial crime related projects and enhancement opportunities in a timely and efficient manner to enhanced financial crime risks controls.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to review and update financial crime compliance policies, procedures, systems and controls.
• Assist in preparing management reports, risk metrics, and regulatory submissions regarding financial crime compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in financial crime compliance function, with a specific focus on AML/CFT advisory in banking and financial institution.
• Strong understanding of AML/CFT regulatory requirements, industry guide and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in handling high-risk relationship and managing ad hoc compliance queries.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills to effectively advise business units.
• Professional certification in compliance (e.g., ACAMS, ICA) is highly advantageous.

Location

One Island East

Job

Compliance

Schedule

Regular

Employee Status

Full time

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia with a presence in 19 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS is in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings are among the highest in the world.

DBS is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, having been named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney and the world’s “Most Innovative in Digital Banking” by The Banker. In addition, DBS has been accorded the “Safest Bank in Asia“ award by Global Finance for 17 consecutive years from 2009 to 2025.