Financial Crime & KYC Compliance Lead

Manulife; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Singapore is seeking a Due Diligence Officer within the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function to conduct end-to-end AML/KYC for high-net-worth and retail clients across Private Wealth and Retail. You will assess source of wealth, perform PEP and sanctions screening, ensure documentation, and support regulatory reviews, audits, and reporting via Archer.

Join a global team focused on strengthening compliance, with opportunities to lead initiatives and enhance processes in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial crime compliance.
• Strong understanding of Singapore AML/CTF and related regulations.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to multitask and collaborate within a larger compliance team.
• Good understanding of retail insurance/high-net-worth segments.

Responsibilities

• Provide AML/KYC advice to the business and stakeholders.
• Identify transformation and automation opportunities for FCC to improve efficiency.
• Act as escalation point for financial crime risks and escalate as needed.
• Define and ensure monitoring and testing for FCC processes and controls.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of suspicious transaction reports.
• Support regulatory reviews and audits relating to financial crime compliance; capture improvements in Archer.
• Proactively monitor and remediate FCC gaps in a timely manner.
• Support FCC management information reporting.
• Keep track of regulatory developments and perform gap analysis.
• Lead efforts to enhance the company’s frameworks where required.
• Create awareness of evolving FCC regulations and best practices.
• Review name screening alerts and Transaction Monitoring alerts escalated from offshore team.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Communication Skills

Regulatory Knowledge

Tools

Archer

Job description

Manulife Singapore is seeking a Due Diligence Officer within the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function to conduct end-to-end AML/KYC for high-net-worth and retail clients across Private Wealth and Retail. You will assess source of wealth, perform PEP and sanctions screening, ensure documentation, and support regulatory reviews, audits, and reporting via Archer.

Join a global team focused on strengthening compliance, with opportunities to lead initiatives and enhance processes in a hybrid