Job Description

Company Description

RHB Singapore is a progressive and growing financial organization. We are committed to creating a fulfilling, dynamic and engaging work environment for our team of more than 15,000 employees across nine locations in ASEAN, China and Hong Kong.



PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

• Successfully deliver the material uplift of RHB's group wide AML/CFT capabilities, includes the overarching operating model, people, processes and systems.
• By end of 2022, RHB Group meets regulatory requirements and achieves 'standard practice'.
• To ensure all required initiatives for Screening under Project RACE have been implemented within approved timeline and efficient cost management.
• Ensure sustainable material uplift via progressive change management programmes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project related responsibility:

Manage a team of 2 senior specialists and coordinate 20-30+ stakeholders within RHB (incl. IT, GC, Ops, Business).

• Delivers against the strategic roadmap for the RHB Group's AML Transformation Programme.
• Leads initiatives across the Screening outcomes which involves:

• Uplift RHB's List Management capabilities.
• Enhance RHB's existing screening engine and screening models (incl. screening rules and thresholds).
• Establish processes for central name screening investigations.
• Enhance processes for payment screening and support the set-up of the payment screening team within the AML/CFT Centre of Excellence.
• Enhance Trade Monitoring and Trade Screening controls (incl. Case Management) for trade based money laundering risks.
• Support the centralisation of Name Screening and Payment Screening investigation capabilities within the AML/CFT Centre of Excellence.
• Support the transaction monitoring team in enhancing the TM engine and models.

Leads a full-time team including planning for individual work-packages objectives and outcomes, team KPIs and communications. * Manage and keep oversight of day-to-day delivery of a business outcome (in collaboration with project and activity managers) and engage the accountable executives as needed to ensure successful delivery.

• Provide content injection (where needed), tactical guidance, direction and coordination across projects and activities, including where required interventions to support acceleration of designs / deliverables.
• Embed in projects and project governance to act as "eyes-and-ears" for senior management.
• Provide assurance, collect evidence and help resolve escalated project issues, change requests and recovery plans.
• Report into Head, Race Programme for relevant Business Outcomes, including regular status reporting for Steering Committee (RAG, progress, resourcing, risks / issues, mitigations/solutions).
• Interface with externals for outcome-specific content know-how, including Accountable Exec pre-briefs and preparation.
• Write and facilitate Accountable Executive sign-off for external regulatory reporting / narratives, e.g. BNM.

Subject matter expertise

• Provide expertise and guidance to team members.
• Support best practice sharing across teams.
• Resolve any escalated customer related issues e.g. complains, approval.

Resource planning

• Balance resource allocation across team based on demand and priorities.
• Ensure attendance and adherence of team member (with regards to work schedule).

Team management and coaching

• Help empower the team to work independently & self-manage.
• Support the team in removal of obstacles.
• Ensure team is performing well and help to identify ways to improve skillset within the team.
• Support career and skills development of team by defining a clear development plan & trainings.
• Conduct reviews & evaluations on of team member's performance.
• Provide on-the-ground coaching and guidance for all team members.
• Coordinate/lead trainings for team members.
• Raise common issues faced by either the team or customer to Head, RACE Programme.

Standard enforcement

• Ensure team members follow the standards and practices of their functional expertise.
• Ensure key information is cascaded and necessary documentations are created (reports).
• Support implementation of any initiatives at the team level.

Qualifications

• Minimum degree in related field.
• Advance Certificate in Regulatory Compliance from AICB, Advance Certificate in AML from AICB or equivalent.
• At least with 8-10 years of experience in managing AML related initiatives, preferably in screening, trade based money laundering and transaction monitoring.

Other skills required:

Sets clear and realistic goals, focused on highest value activities.

Motivates and inspires others - draws out the best in people.

Strong team player; able to work with other leaders.

Operates with focus of creating value for the customer.

Has the skills and expertise to successfully execute his or her role (e.g., technical, business or other).

Understanding of relative compliance requirements and processes.

Strong problem solving skill to support issue resolution.

Adept at solving problems in a logical and fact-driven manner (e.g., when tackling technical challenges, obstacles, backlog prioritization).

Highly adaptable and able to respond to change fast.

Resourceful and able to leverage network effectively.

Ability to collaborate and help the squad members.

Actively listens to others, understands and values others' views. * Ability communicate opinions or views of squad members clearly.

Additional Information

RHB is a dynamic organization that promotes a work culture of high performance, where its biggest asset, the RHB-ians, are continuously developed & nurtured to their fullest potential through its robust talent management practices.
At RHB, we take PRIDE in our people and our teams. Great relationships built on trust, a 'leading it right'environment, challenging assignments