全职 Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance 工作, 薪水, Robert Walters Federal Territory 公司招聘中 - Ricebowl

Job Title: Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the Fifth largest global bank globally by assets, with 2400 locations in over 50 markets. Our client has approximately 360 years of history. Its global network has over 180,000 employees. It was ranked as the fourth largest in the world.

The Role

Our client is seeking a Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance in the Banking & Finance division.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

Job Description:

Profile Summary:

Our client is seeking a Head of Financial Crime Compliance (Vice President) to lead and oversee our Financial Crime Compliance framework in Kuala Lumpur. You are required to serve as the subject matter expert on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC), and Fraud. You will also drive the strategic implementation of comprehensive financial crime controls, thereby safeguard organisational integrity and cultivate robust regulatory relationships.

What you'll do:

In the capacity of Head of Financial Crime Compliance (Vice President), you will assume a pivotal role in shaping the institution’s approach to financial crime prevention.

• Establish, implement, and maintain the bank’s Financial Crime Compliance framework, policies, and risk assessment methodologies in strict accordance with Bank Negara Malaysia regulations, group policies, and international standards including Japanese and US regulatory expectations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Bank Negara Malaysia, law enforcement agencies, and other regulatory authorities by ensuring timely and accurate statutory reporting including manage disclosures via BNM’s FINs system and address regulatory queries or examinations with utmost diligence.
• Provide expert advisory support to senior leadership teams including the Chief Compliance Officer and business units on intricate financial crime risks, emerging typologies, and evolving regulatory landscapes.
• Supervise operational efficiency and governance of Financial Crime Compliance systems such as Actimize and Hotscan by ensuring rigorous rules configuration, tuning processes, screening integrity, and escalation protocols are consistently upheld.
• Lead comprehensive investigations into complex financial crime risks by managing prompt escalations of suspicious activity reports (SARs/STRs) and material control breaches to senior management as well as regional committees.
• Mentor, develop, and cultivate high-performing teams of FCC specialists by fostering a robust risk culture that emphasizes continuous learning and cross-functional collaboration across the institution.

What you bring:

To excel in this role, you should possess extensive experience within financial crime prevention roles with additional exposure across banking sectors.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Law, Accounting/ACCA, Finance or related discipline.
• Professional certification such as ACAMS, ICA or AICB is highly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Financial Crime Compliance or AML within banking is essential along with at least 3 to 5 years in a senior leadership or team management capacity.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Bank Negara Malaysia AML/CFT regulations including Sanctions frameworks and MACC Act provisions is imperative for success in this position.
• Familiarity with US (OFAC) or Japanese banking regulations would be particularly advantageous.
• Demonstrated hands-on governance experience with automated transaction monitoring systems like Actimize or sanctions screening tools such as Hotscan is required.
• Exceptional communication skills are necessary to negotiate effectively with regulators whilst engaging senior executive stakeholders across departments.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.