Sanctions Screening Specialist (APAC)

TD Bank Financial Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Securities is seeking a sanctions screening specialist in Singapore. You will screen messages against regulatory lists, release false positives promptly, and prioritize time-sensitive transactions during APAC hours.

The role requires at least two years in sanction screening, strong SWIFT and payments knowledge, and comfort with multiple systems. You will collaborate with teams to minimize risk and ensure accurate monitoring while supporting SLAs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in sanction screening.
• Strong understanding of SWIFT.
• Solid knowledge of payments and SWIFT.
• Knowledge of international sanctions and compliance policies would be a plus.
• Knowledge of various systems such as ESF Pelican, PMG, Swift Alliance, IntelliTracs, AS400 would be an advantage.
• Self-motivated with good time management skills.
• Team player and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical and excellent attention to detail.
• Innovative mindset to improve processes to minimize risk and increase efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Screen inbound and outbound messages against sanction lists.
• Release false positives promptly and prioritize time-sensitive transactions during APAC hours.
• Analyse flagged transactions prior to release or escalation for investigation using internal systems.
• Gather additional information, review supporting documentation and assess legitimacy of transactions.
• Escalate potential matches to Sanction Screening Governance team when necessary.
• Investigate payment messages and ensure issues are monitored, followed up and resolved.
• Provide first point of contact support for email and SWIFT queries.
• Support timely and accurate completion of business processes per SLA.
• Stay abreast on industry regulations, best practices and trends related to sanction screening.
• Identify trends to enhance monitoring efficiency.
• Report or escalate risk issues or process gaps identified.
• Assist in UAT, BCP testing and ad-hoc projects.

Skills

Sanction screening

SWIFT

Payments knowledge

Sanctions policy

Time management

Multitask

Team player

Analytical

Process improvement

Tools

ESF Pelican

PMG

Swift Alliance

IntelliTracs

AS400

Job description

TD Securities is seeking a sanctions screening specialist in Singapore. You will screen messages against regulatory lists, release false positives promptly, and prioritize time-sensitive transactions during APAC hours.

The role requires at least two years in sanction screening, strong SWIFT and payments knowledge, and comfort with multiple systems. You will collaborate with teams to minimize risk and ensure accurate monitoring while supporting SLAs.