Financial Crime Compliance Officer

EMPOWER PARTNERS SEARCH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EMPOWER PARTNERS SEARCH PTE. LTD. is assisting a financial services platform in Singapore to hire a Compliance Officer (Financial Crime Compliance).

This role spans across institutional brokerage, sales and trading, investment banking, derivatives, fixed income, wealth management and asset management. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of financial crime compliance experience with a broad AML/CFT background and solid MAS knowledge.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of financial crime compliance experience.
• Prior exposure to securities, brokerage, capital markets or investment businesses strongly preferred.
• Broad AML/CFT expertise across multiple business lines, rather than a narrow KYC-only background.
• Strong understanding of MAS AML/CFT requirements.
• Comfortable operating independently as an individual contributor in Singapore.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support AML/CFT compliance across Singapore licensed entities and business lines.
• Conduct enterprise-wide ML/TF risk assessments.
• Monitor client relationships and transactions for suspicious activity.
• Review KYC, onboarding and periodic review documentation.
• Advise business, operations and support teams on AML/CFT requirements.
• Support remediation exercises, screenings and ad-hoc financial crime risk reviews.
• Draft STRs and elevate material AML/CFT issues to senior stakeholders.
• Prepare financial crime compliance updates for management and governance forums.
• Conduct AML/CFT training and compliance monitoring.
• Support MAS, SGX, internal and external audits relating to financial crime matters.
• Track regulatory developments and recommend framework enhancements.

Skills

AML/CFT compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Job description

We are partnering our client, an established financial services platform, to hire a Compliance Officer (Financial Crime Compliance).

This role has a broad exposure across multiple business lines, including institutional brokerage, sales and trading, investment banking, derivatives, fixed income, wealth management and asset management.

Key Responsibilities

• Support AML/CFT compliance across Singapore licensed entities and business lines
• Conduct enterprise-wide ML/TF risk assessments
• Monitor client relationships and transactions for suspicious activity
• Review KYC, onboarding and periodic review documentation
• Advise business, operations and support teams on AML/CFT requirements
• Support remediation exercises, screenings and ad-hoc financial crime risk reviews
• Draft STRs and elevate material AML/CFT issues to senior stakeholders
• Prepare financial crime compliance updates for management and governance forums
• Conduct AML/CFT training and compliance monitoring
• Support MAS, SGX, internal and external audits relating to financial crime matters
• Track regulatory developments and recommend framework enhancements

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of financial crime compliance experience
• Prior exposure to securities, brokerage, capital markets or investment businesses strongly preferred
• Broad AML/CFT expertise across multiple business lines, rather than a narrow KYC-only background
• Strong understanding of MAS AML/CFT requirements
• Comfortable operating independently as an individual contributor in Singapore
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management and communication skills

Licence No: 24S2395
Registration No: R21102761