Transaction Monitoring SME Senior Associate

PwC South East Asia Consulting; Makati; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC South East Asia Consulting in Makati is seeking a Senior Associate focused on Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement to support advisory projects across the SEA region. You will design policy guidance, deliver learning sessions, and help maintain high quality standards.

The role involves addressing policy questions, disseminating policy updates, and collaborating with stakeholders to improve procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in AML/KYC or related roles.
• Experience in consulting firms.
• Ability to handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Provide policy support and learning sessions.
• Develop and update quality metrics for projects.
• Support QC calibration and QC huddle.
• Deliver training on Financial Crime topics to staff.

Skills

AML/KYC knowledge

Transaction monitoring

Discretion/privacy

People management

KYC QA/assurance

Consulting experience

Excel

Policy interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Description:

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE)

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC South East Asia Consulting, we help businesses to work smarter and grow faster. We partner with our clients to build effective organisations, innovate and grow, reduce costs, manage risk and regulation and, leverage talent. Our aim is to support businesses in designing, managing and executing lasting beneficial change.

PwC’s South East Asia Consulting practice provides a comprehensive range of professional services and experience to deliver large scale, cross territory transformation projects, wherever our clients need us to be – from strategy through to execution.

A Subject Matter Expert is mainly an advisory role providing policy support and learning sessions to the analysts and QCs. This role includes:

Advisory role in providing policy support including:

• Addressing all procedural/policy-related questions, issues, clarifications and/or escalations.
• Understanding and dissemination of new policy issuances as well as policy updates.
• Collaboration with other stakeholders on any policy questions and proposals to improve procedure execution.

Conduct learning sessions for project team members including:

• Creation/updating of Financial Crime-related training materials.
• Facilitate training including refresher training on a need basis.
• Conduct of induction training for new employees.

Management and maintenance of high internal quality standards which include:

• Creation, development and continuous updating of quality metrics
• Gather and analyze quality data through root cause analysis and provide recommendations to address identified quality issues.
• Establishment of quality programs designed to train, develop, and accredit staff as quality controllers (QC).
• Provide support during QC calibration and QC huddle.

Essential Skills

• Holder of a Bachelor’s/College Degree
• At least 5 years of experience or extensive knowledge in any of the following: anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory and non-regulatory requirements, Know-Your-Client (KYC) onboarding/regular review, external investigative reporting, or equivalent, transaction monitoring.
• Experience in handling highly confidential information with a high degree of discretion and with a focus on maintaining client privacy.
• Supervisory experience in team management is a plus.
• Experience in KYC quality control/assurance or equivalent.
• Experience working in consulting firms.
• AML Certification and/or accreditation (e.g, ACAMS, ICA, CKYCA, etc.) is an advantage
• Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Willing to be assigned and work in Makati City.

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Education

(if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Bachelor Degree

Certifications

(if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence, KYC Compliance

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Anti-Bribery, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Business Ethics, Code of Ethics, Communication, Compliance and Governance, Compliance and Standards, Compliance Auditing, Compliance Frameworks, Compliance Program Implementation, Compliance Reporting, Compliance Review, Compliance Risk Assessment, Compliance Training, Controls Compliance, Creativity, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Protection Management (DPM), Disability Support, Embracing Change {+ 30 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes