Vice President/Assistant General Manager, Strategic Process Optimization

China CITIC Bank International Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

China CITIC Bank International Limited is seeking an experienced analytics and risk professional to join our AML/CFT and data science initiatives in Hong Kong. You will support change programs, document progress, and analyze data to improve workflows and detect inefficiencies.

The ideal candidate has a degree in a relevant field, at least 10 years in banking or data science, and strong English and Putonghua.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Statistics/Math/Business Administration.
• Minimum 10 years’ solid experience in banking or data science.
• Experience in project management is advantageous.
• Knowledge of financial crime compliance laws and banking operations.
• HKMA ECF Fintech Core Level certificate preferred.
• Proficient in English and Chinese (Putonghua).

Responsibilities

• Support change management initiatives and track milestones.
• Document project progress and elevate risks or delays.
• Engage in process optimization, collect, and analyze data for AML/CFT/fraud workflow reviews, monitor false positives, and highlight inefficiencies.
• Apply advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI techniques to develop innovative solutions for optimizing customer segmentation, scenario tuning, and automating regression testing.
• Assist in model validation, review and tuning of AML/CFT TM systems for the bank, overseas branches, and HK branch.
• Support vendor solution assessments by compiling evaluation criteria and documenting outcomes.
• Maintain records of reviews of vendor solutions.
• Assist in regulatory support and coordinate with regulators, auditors, and consultants to gather documentation and track outstanding issues.
• Organize logistics for training sessions on analytics tools and new processes.
• Compile feedback for continuous improvement.
• Prepare reports for senior management dashboards and reports on project progress, risk summaries, and benefit realization.
• Oversee incident management by developing policies, coordinating responses, and improving processes.
• Propose, design, develop and implement strategic analytics solutions for emerging risks.
• Assist in budgeting, collate departmental inputs, and support financial tracking with FCC/ CCG.
• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and flag variances.

Skills

English and Chinese language skills

Project management

Data science

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Statistics / Mathematics / Business Administration

Tools

HKMA ECF Fintech (Core Level) Certificate

Job description

Mandatory Reference Checking Scheme (“MRC”) for Hong Kong The Mandatory Reference Checking Scheme is a framework to facilitate Authorized Institutions (“AIs”) to bilaterally obtain reference information during their recruitment process for certain positions, such that misconduct information in an individual’s previous employments can be provided to AIs to inform their employment decisions. For information related to MRC Scheme, “Frequently Asked Questions for In Scope Individuals” is published by HKAB/Industry Guidelines (https://www.hkab.org.hk/en/home) or further information will be available upon request, if it is applicable to the position(s) applied.

Country of Location: China Hong Kong

Job Responsibilities

• Support change management initiatives and track milestones.
• Document project progress and elevate risks or delays;
• Engage in process optimization, collect, and analyze data for AML/CFT/fraud workflow reviews, monitor false positives, and highlight inefficiencies;
• Apply advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI techniques to develop innovative solutions for optimizing customer segmentation, scenario tuning, and automating regression testing;
• Assist in model validation, review and tuning of the bank AML/CFT TM systems of the bank, overseas branches and HK branch;
• Support vendor solution assessments by compiling evaluation criteria and documenting outcomes.
• Maintain records of reviews of vendor solutions;
• Assist in regulatory support and coordinate with regulators, auditors, and consultants to gather documentation and track outstanding issues;
• Organize logistics for training sessions on analytics tools and new processes.
• Compile feedback for continuous improvement;
• Prepare reports for senior management dashboards and reports in relation to project progress updates, risk summaries, and benefit realization;
• Oversee the incident management which involves developing and implementing policies, coordinating response activities, and continuously improving incident management processes;
• Propose, design, develop and implement strategic and analytics solutions in response to emerging risks;
• Assist in budgeting, collate departmental inputs, and support financial tracking with FCC/ CCG.
• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and flag variances.

Requirements

• Degree holder in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Administration or related disciplines;
• Minimum 10 years’ solid experience in banking industry or data science is preferred;
• Prior experience in project management, financial business integration project is a definite advantage;
• Well versed of financial crime compliance related laws, regulations, guidelines and practices;
• Good understanding in banking products/services, operations and technical aspects of system platforms;
• Holder of HKMA ECF Fintech (Core Level) Certificate is preferred;
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua).

About the Bank

中信銀行(國際)有限公司 中信銀行(國際)有限公司（「信銀國際」）是中信集團境外商業銀行業務主要平台，由中信銀行股份有限公司（「中信銀行」）全資子公司中信國際金融控股有限公司（「中信國金」）持有75% 股份。 中信銀行(國際)業務網絡覆蓋香港（21家零售網點、2家商務理財中心及1家私人銀行中心），以及位於美國、新加坡和中國澳門分行，同時通過全資子公司在中國境內提供銀行服務。 自1922年起，中信銀行(國際)與員工、客戶及夥伴一同成長，跨越一個世紀。未來將繼續以「敏捷 專業 化繁為簡」為願景，堅持「文化為本（Culture）、客戶為尊（Customer）、多方聯動（Collaboration）、科技引領（Cyberspace）」4C核心價值，積極踐行「為客戶謀價值，為員工謀幸福，為股東謱效益，為社會盡責任」的企業使命。 有關中信銀行(國際)的進一步資料，請瀏覽www.cncbinternational.com。

China CITIC Bank International Limited China CITIC Bank International Limited ("CNCBI"), a major offshore platform of commercial banking business of the CITIC Group, is 75%-owned by CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited ("CIFH"), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited ("CNCB"). China CITIC Bank International's footprint includes 21 branches, two business banking centres and one private banking centre in Hong Kong, as well as branches in the US, Singapore and Macau, China, while providing banking services on the Chinese Mainland through our wholly-owned subsidiaries. Across a century, China CITIC Bank International has grown together with its employees, customers and partners since 1922 and will continue to move towards its vision of “Agile. Professional. Simple.” in adherence to the 4C (Culture, Customer, Collaboration, Cyberspace) core values while driving actively its missions to “create value for customers, seek happiness for employees, make profit for shareholders, perform responsibility for society