Transaction Monitoring SME Senior Associate

pwc; Makati; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC South East Asia Consulting in Makati City seeks a Senior Associate to strengthen Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE) advisory capabilities. You will apply AML/KYC expertise to policy support, training, and quality control.

Join a team that conducts learning sessions, develops financial crime materials, and drives high quality standards. You will collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders and help ensure compliant client deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in AML/KYC regulatory or related areas such as onboarding, monitoring or investigations.
• Experience handling highly confidential information with discretion.
• Supervisory experience in team management is a plus.
• Experience in KYC quality control/assurance.
• Experience in consulting firms.
• AML certification/ accreditation is advantageous
• Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Willing to be assigned to Makati City.

Responsibilities

• Address procedural/policy questions, issues, clarifications and escalations.
• Disseminate new policy issuances and updates.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve procedures.
• Conduct learning sessions for project team members.
• Create/update Financial Crime training materials.
• Facilitate training including refresher sessions.
• Conduct induction training for new employees.
• Maintain high internal quality standards with metrics and data analysis.
• Support QC calibration and QC huddle.

Skills

AML knowledge

KYC onboarding

Transaction monitoring

Discretion/confidentiality

Supervisory experience

KYC QC/QA

Consulting experience

Microsoft Excel

Willing to be assigned to Makati City

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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:

• 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

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Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Bachelor Degree

Certifications

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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