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ING Wholesale Banking Asia is looking for a Regional Transaction Monitoring Manager,to support Asia Regional Transaction Monitoring related initiatives & deliverables in the region spanning 11 WB Asia locations.

Job description

This person will be a part of the Asia KYC & Transaction Monitoring Team, which is a part of Regional 1st Line of Defence (LoD) Non-Financial Risk Team (Expert Team Asia (responsible for 1st line implementation of Non-Financial Risks) overseeing and actively participating in globally led programs relating to all FEC topics including CDD, KYC & Transaction Monitoring for the region.

This role requires strong FEC Knowledge & hands-on experience in Transaction Monitoring area including regulatory requirements, TM tooling and operational implementation aspects. The person in this role will also act as Transaction Monitoring Risk Ambassador within 1st LoD & promote a strong Risk culture.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Drive and provide Subject matter expertise on Transaction Monitoring( TM) related structural solution implementation for Wholesale Banking Asia based on both global and local FEC/AML requirements and standards .
• Manage outsourcing of all TM related services to due diligence for Transaction services – for Operations & Change related aspects) for Asia in-line with WB Sourcing Governance Framework. Oversee the service performance and monitor/act upon the issues related to outsourced services.
• This role will also require extensive collaboration with internal 1stLoD, 2nd LoD & 3rd LoD regional and global stakeholders to drive discussions, decisions, escalate and embed appropriate governance as required.
• Responsible to coordinate and facilitate annual TM Risk Assessments execution across 7 Asia branches.
• Play an active role in implementation of TM tooling including liaising with global change teams, working with regional operations teams, user testing and sign-off as needed.
• Monitor and act upon Financial Crime Risk Appetite Key Risk Indicator and report regularly to Asia Senior Management for their governance and action.
• Convene & run Transaction Monitoring BAU regional governance calls for the region with key regional & global stakeholders.
• Represent Asia countries’ interests towards Global KYC/TM and drive global strategy across the Asia region.
• Act as the owner of Transaction Monitoring controls for Asia by executing/managing the control testing and evaluating the control effectiveness annually.
• Constantly review & identify opportunities for process improvements in existing TM process.
• Act as regional process owner to provide advisory and support to local process owner in managing and executing their responsibilities related to TM.
• Coordinate with local and head office stakeholders to ensure issues with TM operations are being escalated and managed timely and properly.
• Act as secretary of Regional KYC Committee and other related KYC meetings
• Monitor and act upon relevant findings, risk or issue from internal or external quality assurances/audit/inspection

Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree mandatory with 8-10+ years of experience in Banking & Finance, with any additional professional qualification/FEC related certifications an added advantage.
• Experience with implementing KYC/AML & TM operational & Governance principles across the organization, and a strong understanding of the end-to-end KYC processes and risks & controls in the front-to-back chain.
• Good project management skills being able to manage key work deliverables in a timely manner with good quality.
• Knowledge & hands-on experience with implementation of Transaction monitoring tools such as FCRM and Quantexa is an advantage.
• Knowledge & hands-on experience in working with data analysis, identify data sources, extract data, and analyse and publish results and presentations to stakeholders.
• Experience of having improved AML/KYC/TM processes by leveraging AI/ML solutions is an added advantage.
• Analytical, pragmatic, and problem-solving skills with an understanding of the regulatory environment in which banks operate.
• Is a self-starter and a hands-on team player & strong individual contributor who is good at driving engagement across levels on content discussions & for driving decision making amongst stakeholders.
• Experience with working in complex international & federated organization structure.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills.