Senior Manager - AML

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd; Putrajaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Malaysia seeks an experienced AML Senior Manager to lead projects and mitigate risks related to money laundering and sanctions. This role involves mentoring teams, assessing risks, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience and a relevant degree. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in AML and/or sanctions-focused activities.
• Subject matter expertise in AML/sanctions regulations for financial institutions.
• Experience submitting reports to senior management and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor professional teams on projects.
• Assess AML and sanctions risks at enterprise and business unit level.
• Oversee transaction monitoring and internal controls assessments.

Skills

Project management

Analytical and investigative skills

Communication skills

Team management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Law, Criminal Justice, or a related field

Tools

AML Monitoring systems

Job description

Anti Money Laundering (AML) Senior Manager

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Work You’ll Do

As an AML Senior Manager, you will have the opportunity to help our clients mitigate their risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing,and sanctions violations, as well as to improve their ability to meet regulatory requirements, expectations,and guidance in support of developing and maintaining sound AML and sanctions programs and controls. You will build your professional skills in a variety of project experiences by assisting our clients to understand the complexities of issues they face, and by implementing solutions to help them remediate identified issues. This is estimated to be a multi-month assignment with opportunity to be extended.

In this interesting and diverse role, you’ll have the opportunity to work with our worldwide network of member firms. Through your participation in a variety of engagements, you will likely be involved in:

• Leading and Mentoring Professional teams on projects
• Develop and coach team members
• Assessing AML and sanctions risks at the enterprise and business unit level
• Overseeing large scale programs including transaction monitoring "look backs" pursuant to regulatory orders, Know Your Customer (“KYC”) remediations, internal controls assessments, internal investigations, and/or independent testing

The Team

Our Forensic, Discovery, & Financial Crime offering provides services to support anti-money laundering, discovery, business disputes and investigations. We help protect brands from financial crime and other corporate misconduct, as well as empower government organizations with advanced tradecraft and technology to combat emerging and evolving threats.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10 +years of experience in private or public sector AML and/or sanctions-focused activities including project management experience
• Significant experience in managing a team of professional AML/OFAC compliance practitioners
• Subject matter expertise in AML/sanctions regulations as they apply to financial institutions, including retail, wholesale and international banks, broker dealers, mutual funds and insurance companies
• Ability to develop AML/KYC/Sanctions compliance policies and procedures and review other relevant policy and procedure manuals as appropriate
• Ability to provide advice regarding applicable AML/KYC/Sanctions regulations and requirements to the business across the three lines of defense on regulatory, transactional and documentation issues
• Expert in using AML Monitoring systems and related software
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of a business
• Experience submitting written and oral reports to senior management and clients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proven experience effectively prioritizing workload, managing multiple priorities and in quickly adapting to meet deadlines and work objectives
• Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Law, Criminal Justice, or a related field
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred Qualifications

• AML Consulting Experience
• Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), CFE, or equivalent
• Regulatory experience
• Ability to speak multiple languages

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation:https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.