Senior Director, AML Surveillance Analytics

Empower Partners Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Partners Singapore is seeking a senior leader to head Compliance Analytics, driving the transformation of transaction surveillance across markets. You will lead analytics-led evolution from rules-based to advanced monitoring, overseeing scenario design, thresholds, and system integrations.

The role requires extensive AML / financial crime experience, deep systems knowledge, and the ability to partner with data, tech and country teams to deliver scalable surveillance with strong

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years in AML, financial crime, risk surveillance or transaction monitoring.
• Hands-on knowledge of transaction monitoring systems.
• Proven track record in scenario design, threshold tuning, and alert optimization.
• Strong understanding of AML typologies, model governance, explainability and auditability.
• Ability to bridge Compliance, Technology, Data and Financial Crime stakeholders.
• Strong programme management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• AML-related professional certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead AML transaction monitoring system transformation and optimisation.
• Own scenario design, threshold calibration, tuning and alert quality improvement.
• Drive large-scale surveillance system upgrades, enhancements and integrations.
• Partner with data, technology and financial crime teams to operationalise analytics and machine learning models.
• Ensure detection frameworks remain effective, explainable and aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Provide Group-level advisory to country teams on implementation, optimisation and best practices.
• Manage governance, documentation, audit readiness and regulatory review matters.
• Lead and develop a team of AML surveillance / TM systems specialists.

Skills

AML transaction monitoring

Leadership

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

AML certification

Tools

Governance tools

Regulatory reporting platforms

Job description

Empower Partners Singapore is seeking a senior leader to head Compliance Analytics, driving the transformation of transaction surveillance across markets. You will lead analytics-led evolution from rules-based to advanced monitoring, overseeing scenario design, thresholds, and system integrations.

The role requires extensive AML / financial crime experience, deep systems knowledge, and the ability to partner with data, tech and country teams to deliver scalable surveillance with strong