AML Transaction Monitoring Officer

Responsibilities

• Review and resolve transaction monitoring alerts promptly and accurately.
• Monitor customer activity and escalate suspicious transactions for further investigation.
• Prepare AML reports and dashboards on alert trends and STR submissions.
• Maintain internal watchlists and ensure effective customer screening.
• Support AML projects and system enhancements, including UAT and process improvements.
• Ensure timely closure of audit and regulatory findings related to AML/CFT.
• Assist with other duties within the AML team in areas of KYC onboarding, periodic/trigger reviews, screening and/or AML advisories.
• Monitor AML/CFT developments and help business units strengthen controls, procedures, and processes, and strengthen the first line of defense.
• Provide consistent guidance to business units on customer and transaction reviews within a wholesale banking context.

Requirements

• Degree in business, finance, banking, or related field.
• 610 years of AML/CFT compliance experience, preferably in banking, covering alert reviews, KYC, and STRs.
• Strong grasp of corporate transactions, MAS regulations, and banking products.
• Knowledgeable in payment flows, intermediaries, and relevant laws including the Payment Services Act and digital assets.
• Effective communicator with a collaborative mindset.
• Results-driven, proactive, and able to work independently.