VP1, AFC Specialised Investigator, Compliance

United Overseas Bank Limited; Kuala Lumpur; Presencial; MYR 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd is seeking an experienced AML Investigator to mitigate financial crime risks across the bank. You will review cases triggered by analytics, uncover networks of potential criminal activity, and produce rigorous investigations for escalation to the Financial Integrity and Economic Crime Division.

The role requires at least 7–8 years in financial crime compliance or related intelligence, with a strong grasp of AML/CFT and excellent stakeholder management and

Formación

• Graduate or Postgraduate in a numerate or research discipline.
• 7–8 years of overall experience in financial crime compliance (fraud/sanctions/AML) or intelligence.
• Exposure to Compliance and risk management with deep understanding in AML/CFT is an advantage.

Responsabilidades

• Review and investigate cases triggered by data analytics and other escalations to identify money laundering or financial crime risks.
• Uncover potential networks of criminal activity from customer investigations requiring urgent action by other units.
• Produce accurate, timely investigations prior to escalation of suspicious transactions to FIED with high quality.
• Communicate effectively with branches/business units to gather information for decision making.
• Identify inefficiencies in investigative processes and provide feedback for operational excellence.
• Support refinement of investigative processes based on new typologies/red flags as well as business needs.
• Assist the team on special projects as needed.
• Prepare investigation reports and maintain proper documentation/records.

Conocimientos

Investigation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Educación

Graduate or Postgraduate in numerate/research discipline

Herramientas

Forensic

Descripción del empleo

Company: 2201 United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

UOB is rated as one of the world's top banks, ranked 'Aa1' by Moody's Investors Service and 'AA-' by both S&P Global and Fitch Ratings. With a global network of 500 branches and offices across 19 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

We value our people and invest in them as we look to fulfil our purpose of building the future of ASEAN. We seek to create a collaborative and progressive environment for them to succeed in their careers for the long term.

Job Description

The position reports directly to the Team Lead, Specialized Investigations Team, AML Investigations. The incumbent is responsible to mitigate potential financial crime risks that poses to the Bank according to the regulations and internal policies. The incumbent’s major job functions include:

• Review and investigate cases triggered by data analytics (DA) model and other sources of escalations to identify potential money laundering and/or any financial crime risks or other unusual account activities.
• Uncover any potential network of criminal activities from customer level investigations that warrant urgent attention and immediate action by other business units.
• Produce accurate, timely and comprehensive investigations prior escalations of suspicious transaction to FIED, with zero (or minimal) error rate to ensure quality.
• Effective communication with branch/business unit/support unit to collate information in support of decision making.
• Identify inefficiencies in existing investigative processes and provide feedback to Senior Reviewer(s) to support achievement of operational excellency.
• Support refinement of investigative processes based on new typologies / red flags / intelligence as well as business requirements and feedback received from relevant stakeholders.
• Support the team in executing special projects as and when needed.
• Prepare investigation report and maintain proper documentation/records.

Job Requirements

• Professionally qualified – Graduate or Post Graduate in a numerate or research discipline.
• At least 7-8 years of overall experience with experience general financial crime compliance (fraud / sanctions/ anti money laundering) or intelligence experience.
• Exposure to Compliance and risk management with deep understanding in AML/CFT will be an added advantage.
• Possesses Business Intelligence / Financial Crime Intelligence / Corporate Intelligence / Forensic.
• Professional, highly adept at investigation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team.

Additional Requirements

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Equal Opportunity

UOB is an equal opportunity employer.

UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors.

All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications.

If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

Career Site: UOB Career site