Compliance Specialist (CDD)

SGB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SGB is seeking a diligent Compliance professional to act as the primary second-line escalation authority for Customer Due Diligence across corporate and retail clients. The role focuses on identifying financial crime red flags, conducting deep-dive investigations, and assessing or filing Suspicious Transaction Reports.

You will support the Compliance team in maintaining regulatory standards, performing risk assessments, and guiding case reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or a related field.
• 5+ years in Compliance with a focus on AML Escalations.
• Expertise in retail and corporate CDD, various ownership structures, red flag analysis, STR/SAR filings.
• A keen eye for detail with the ability to navigate and precisely execute and tune specialized operational / system workflows are essential.
• Experience in digital asset compliance as well as risk scoring methodologies would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the final escalation authority for retail/corporate onboarding and periodic reviews, PEPs, adverse media/SAN and exception handling.
• Detect financial crime red flags across profiles (including HNWIs and digital assets), conduct complex investigations and draft Suspicious Transaction Reports.
• Perform gap analysis and risk assessments including digital assets risk, and ensure case reviews adhere to quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Where required, support the maintenance of policies/procedures, regulatory reporting, as well as rule tuning and testing of system releases.
• Carry out additional responsibilities and ad-hoc tasks as assigned, contributing to team goals and organisational success.

Skills

AML escalations

Red flag analysis

Risk assessment

Regulatory reporting

Digital asset compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or Law

Job description

Supporting the Compliance team, you will act as the primary second-line escalation authority for Customer Due Diligence cases across corporate and retail clients. You will be responsible for identifying financial crime red flags, conducting deep-dive investigations, and assessing or filing Suspicious Transaction Reports.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the final escalation authority for retail/corporate onboarding and periodic reviews, PEPs, adverse media/SAN and exception handling.
• Detect financial crime red flags across profiles (including HNWIs and digital assets), conduct complex investigations and draft Suspicious Transaction Reports.
• Perform gap analysis and risk assessments including digital assets risk, and ensure case reviews adhere to quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Where required, support the maintenance of policies/procedures, regulatory reporting, as well as rule tuning and testing of system releases.
• Carry out additional responsibilities and ad-hoc tasks as assigned, contributing to team goals and organisational success.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or a related field.
• Min 5 years in Compliance with a focus on AML Escalations.
• Expertise in retail and corporate CDD, various ownership structures, red flag analysis, STR/SAR filings.
• A keen eye for detail with the ability to navigate and precisely execute and tune specialized operational / system workflows are essential.
• Experience in digital asset compliance as well as risk scoring methodologies would be a plus.