KYC & AML Analyst

Graduan; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking candidates for the AML & KYC Team. The role involves conducting customer due diligence (CDD), ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) principles. Candidates must liaise with relationship managers, maintain data accuracy, and prepare documentation for timely reviews. This position offers opportunities to support various business segments and engage in compliance-related assignments.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer due diligence (CDD) processes.
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) principles.
• Familiarity with know your customer (KYC) regulations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare documentation and conduct CDD timely.
• Liaise with RMs on required documentation.
• Ensure ongoing CDD reviews are compliant.

Job description

We are looking for talented individuals in roles with the Group Wholesale Banking, Anti-Financial Crimes Operations (AFC Ops) Corps / FIs AFC Ops Team.

The selected candidate will be assigned to the AML & KYC Team (“the Team”) whereby its key responsibility is to ensure that the customer due diligence (CDD) program, incorporating customer identification and verification (ID&V), know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) principles and Sanctions oversight are in place. The team will support the various business segments within Group Wholesale Banking comprising of Corporates and Financial Institutions in performing the CDD reviews, in meeting regulatory requirements and helping to grow the business.

• Preparation of documentation and conduct CDD in a timely manner
• To liaise with RMs on the required documentation
• Ensure that ongoing CDD reviews are conducted in tandem with internal process and policies
• Ensure data accuracy in systems and documentations
• Extract of data from worksheets and reports for distribution to respective Business segments for necessary follow-up actions
• Assist BUs to respond to various CDD enquiries, which may originate from the local authorities or from correspondent banks, over client’s profile
• Perform screening assessment and escalate material hits, where applicable for further clearance.
• Support the Team Leader in providing regular statistics and presentations for updating to Senior Management
• Participate in ad-hoc assignments and projects, e.g., audit, user acceptance testing etc. where required
• Provide advisory support to the BUs in CDD related matters, where applicable

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