Executive & Anti Money Laundering Analyst AML

Hong Leong Bank Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial institution is seeking an Executive, Anti Money Laundering Analyst to support customer reviews and ensure data integrity. The successful candidate will work with the central team and contribute to compliance efforts within the bank. This role requires analytical skills, a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields, and is open to fresh graduates and candidates with some experience. The position is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and emphasizes the importance of discretion with customer information.

Qualifications

• Malaysian citizen required.
• Fresh graduates and those with over 1 year of experience are encouraged to apply.
• Knowledge of consumer banking regulations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support ongoing reviews on customer profiles.
• Liaise with branches to ensure compliance with policies.
• Perform review on customer profile maintenance.
• Handle confidential information discreetly.
• Implement best practices for branch operations.
• Report suspicious activities.
• Perform name screening during onboarding.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business sense

Education

Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accountancy, Banking, Actuarial Science, Science & Mathematics

Job description

Overview

The Executive, Anti Money Laundering Analyst (AML) is responsible for supporting the branch network through ongoing customer reviews, performing data hygiene activities to ensure accuracy, and contributing to special project assignments, all serving as protective measures to maintain data integrity. The successful candidate plays a crucial role within the Bank's central team, providing second-level control for the upkeep of customer profiles. This role reports to the Manager, AML Analyst.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Functional (job responsibilities)

• Support ongoing reviews on customer profiles and perform updates on critical mandatory information to allow the assessment of Customer Risk Rating.
• Liaise with branches and various departments to ensure compliance to the relevant internal policies and requirements on data hygiene and normalizing efforts.
• Performing review on new/existing customer profile maintenance to provide checker / approvals.
• Ensuring discretion in handling confidential customer information and documents.
• Adopting and implementing the best practices to improve governance and service level relating to branch operations.
• Reporting of suspicious activities during transaction monitoring through Internal escalation.
• Performing assessment in name screening of customers before on-boarding.

Jobholder Requirements

• Malaysian citizen.

Education/Qualification

• Diploma, Advanced/ Higher/ Graduate Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accountancy, Banking, Actuarial Science, Science & Mathematics or equivalent.

Experience/Requirements

• Candidates with 1 year and above work experience in the related field as well as fresh graduates are invited to apply.
• Knowledge of consumer banking products and services as well as regulations governing the consumer banking business and products is a plus.
• Possess good business sense, strong analytical skills and able to work under minimum supervision. Good written and oral communication skills and ability to work effectively with people at different levels of the organization.
• Willing to commute to Damansara City / OUG

What’s next?

• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
• Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for an interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

HLB Careers link

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