Financial Crime Portfolio Review Senior Analyst

Visa; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in payments is seeking an Analyst to join their Financial Crime Supervision team in Singapore. In this role, you will support proactive supervision of clients with financial crime risks through investigations and analysis. Ideal candidates will have strong AML knowledge and experience in financial crime investigations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience or 2+ years with an Advanced Degree.
• Proficient in Mandarin for document translation.
• Strong understanding of AML/CTF regulations in APAC.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough investigations on clients flagged for financial crime risks.
• Analyze transaction flows and identify suspicious activity.
• Collaborate with compliance and risk teams on escalations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA)

Job description

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

The Opportunity

At Currencycloud, we’re building a high-performing Financial Crime Supervision (FCS) function. We’re looking for a driven, detail-oriented Analyst to join this growing team.

In this role, you will support the proactive supervision of clients with elevated financial crime risk. This includes conducting deep-dive investigations, flow of funds analysis, risk assessments, and contributing to the ongoing improvement of our FC control frameworks. You’ll work cross-functionally to strengthen our defences against money laundering and other financial crimes, particularly across the APAC region.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough investigations on clients flagged for potential financial crime risks.

• Analyse transaction flows and identify suspicious activity, trends, or typologies.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of client and internal financial crime prevention controls.

• Recommend and track improvements to strengthen our frameworks and processes.

• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, and Onboarding teams on escalations and cross-functional reviews.

• Prepare clear and concise review summaries with actionable recommendations.

• Participate in QA assurance reviews and help improve the quality of casework.

• Stay up to date with emerging risks, regulatory changes, and typologies.

What You Bring

• Experience in financial crime investigations, transaction monitoring, or AML risk assessments.

• Strong understanding of AML/CTF regulatory requirements, especially within APAC.

• Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data sets.

• Clear communicator with strong written skills.

• A proactive mindset, with the ability to manage multiple reviews and meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• Experience in financial crime investigations, transaction monitoring, or AML risk assessments
• Good knowledge of Singapore’s Payment Services ACT (PSA) and all relevant subsidiary legislation, especially PSN01 on Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing Terrorism – Specified Payment Services
• Knowledge of other payments regulation across APAC will be advantageous but not necessary
• Candidates should also have exposure to APAC money movement flows, especially in the remittance space, and be familiar with regional trends and typologies
• Proficiencyin spoken and written Mandarin to support document translation and conduct open-source research using internal tools, particularly for APAC client engagement
• Strong understanding of AML/CTF regulatory requirements, especially within APAC
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data sets
• Clear communicator with strong written skills
• A proactive mindset, with the ability to manage multiple reviews and meet deadlines

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.