Senior Manager, Islamic Banking: Performance & Compliance

AmBank Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Manager, Islamic Business Banking at AmBank Islamic is responsible for driving financial targets and KPIs, coordinating with Finance, Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure robust performance reporting. The role emphasizes AML compliance, risk assessment, and strong stakeholder collaboration to support BBPM’s objectives.

The ideal candidate will have a finance/business background, 5–10 years in customer relationship management, and advanced Microsoft Office skills, with solid knowledge

Qualifications

• Masters/ Bachelor's Degree in Finance/ Banking/ Marketing/ Accounting/ Management/ Statistics
• Islamic Finance certifications from recognized institutions (added advantage but not a must)
• General Banking/ Credit Management certification from recognized institutions (added advantage but not a must
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in similar industry especially in customer relationship management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Intermediate to advance knowledge in Islamic banking product and services
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel (e.g. Pivot Tables) and PowerPoint.
• Experience in data mining and business performance analysis would be an added advantage.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting would be an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external customers and all stakeholders of Islamic BB to assist Section Head – BBPM to: -
• Achieve annual financial targets, budgets and KPIs.
• Analyse and monitor performance against established targets to support effective performance management, tracking and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies and procedures, including the Group’s AML Programme.
• Identify, assess, monitor and escalation business risks, including potential regulatory, financial and franchise impacts.
• Support Business Operational Control (BOC) functions and Group Business Banking to maintain effective operational controls.
• Prepare accurate and timely reports in collaboration with Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit and other relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor, prepare and update Service Level Agreements (SLAs), where applicable.
• Ensure operational processes and procedures are clearly defined, documented and maintained.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Islamic banking knowledge

Microsoft Excel

Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Data mining

Business performance analysis

Budgeting and forecasting

Management reporting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance / Banking / Marketing / Accounting / Management / Statistics

Islamic Finance certifications

General Banking / Credit Management certifications

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Manager, Islamic Business Banking at AmBank Islamic is responsible for driving financial targets and KPIs, coordinating with Finance, Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure robust performance reporting. The role emphasizes AML compliance, risk assessment, and strong stakeholder collaboration to support BBPM’s objectives.

The ideal candidate will have a finance/business background, 5–10 years in customer relationship management, and advanced Microsoft Office skills, with solid knowledge