AFC Operations Officer

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

 The AML KYC-CDD Analyst will be mainly responsible for managing the day-to-day KYC activities for the AFC Operations Unit. This includes providing daily execution per work assignment, conducting analysis on customer’s profile and behavior per bank’s policies and local requirement
 

• Perform Know Your Customer (KYC) related activities such as Ongoing Review (OGR, ODD, CDD) Periodic Review and Name Screening as first lines of defense against money laundering for Individual customers and Merchants to ensure the review is processed in adherence to the KYC-CDD procedure in a timely manner
• Gather AML-related information of a client to an extent of reaching out to customers, if needed
• Coordinate and facilitate closely with front-end to identify and obtain necessary information needed for AML analysis and monitoring in order to complete cases on a timely manner
• Indicate any anti-Money Laundering (AML) risk embedded in the client’s profile by considering related information such as geography, industry/occupation, products, political status, and reputation
• Review and dispose potential negative news alerts as part of the periodic client reviews and escalate true matches accordingly.
• Perform holistic review of client’s financial activities in order to detect any transaction’s indicative of money laundering or terrorist financing
• Ensure that appropriate KYC review on AML and Sanctions are carried out on all customers, and enhanced due diligence investigations are conducted in accordance with bank’s policies and local regulatory requirements
• Ensure that appropriate customer categorizations are carried out in accordance with policies and local regulatory requirements
• Utilizing a variety of internal bank systems and external research tools to investigate, research, and prepare documentation/summaries consistent with the assessment
• Perform timely investigations with well-reasoned and supported decision-making for assessment review on the customer relationships
• Work closely with Local Compliance Team and In-country related parties for the AML & KYC review process, and to ensure efficient AML communication and implementation
• Identify and report any process gaps/risks/areas of improvement during the course of case reviews, document and escalate any exceptions as per policy
• Support Account Maintenance process to ensure that all customer profile changes are processed in adherence to the policy and procedures in a timely manner.
• Perform Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) alerts from AML Compliance team for review and analyze customer’s profile whether to retain or exit and take appropriate actions per procedure/policy guidance.
• Investigate and performs 1st level analysis to detect any suspicions of money laundering or terrorist financing activity, so that Unusual Activity Report (UAR) on client activities can be reported.
• Closely coordinate to contribute input and support team for UAT testing with Regional/Global PMO or in-country related parties for the KYC & AML-related project, from planning phase to execution

• Coordinate with related business parties to fulfill priority requests from AML compliance or local authorities

• Meet daily productivity standards and goals to ensure completion of periodic reviews in a timely basis.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in business/Finance/Accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in a KYC/CDD in banking business, AML or related field.
• Knowledge and understanding of AML law and regulations
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Thai
• Be able to work independently, and assertive
• Strong communication and people skills
• Able to use standard Microsoft Office, excel, word i.e.

Remark: The Bank requires the checking and collection of criminal records for candidates of this position in order to verify qualifications and/or disqualifications for the job position in accordance with the Bank’s policy.

Additional Requirements

Develop, Engage, Execute, Strategise

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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