AVP, Compliance

An exciting Assistant Vice President, Compliance position has just become available at a reputable foreign bank based in Kuala Lumpur.

What you'll do:

• Develop and establish policies, strategies and improvement plans to mitigate compliance risk issues and the effective management of compliance activities to meet regulations, directives and laws from external regulators in Malaysia, Japan and any other countries that impact on the business and operations of the Bank.
• Review and conduct gap analysis for any local regulations issued by Bank Negara Malaysia or Labuan Financial Services Authority such as Policy Documents (PD), Exposure Drafts (ED) or from other equivalent regulations from other authority (e.g. Securities Commissions.)
• Engage and work in collaboration with business/products/support unit in order to develop action plan for control processes in addressing the regulatory requirement upon gap analysis conducted.
• Develop recommendations for continuous improvement and support implementation as well as taking appropriate action to correct the violation of laws, regulations (including reporting any suspicious act) or the Banks’ Compliance Manual and Standard Procedures in accordance with the internal procedures.
• Engage and communicate with BNM/LFSA by understanding the underlying enquiries and issues for the purpose of detecting compliance issues and complying with the requirements.
• Provide a high quality regulatory advisory service to Business Unit in respect of various products and support offices across the Banks on local regulatory requirements, including but not limited to foreign exchange requirements, PDPA, banking secrecy provision under various laws, regulations, regulatory notices and guidelines in order to ensure the Banks’ compliance with these requirements.
• Assess, report, and investigate of regulatory breach incident, including follow up for action plan closure.
• Conduct periodic compliance checking (Core Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance) to ensure the business conduct, procedures and processes of the business and operations meet the standards of external laws & regulations, the Bank’s Compliance Standard Manual and report the observations to the relevant compliance offices;
• Establish and maintain the policies & procedures in relation to compliance with the Parent Bank & external regulatory requirements.
• Provide advisory services to the Source Department on Compliance related matters in relation to parent bank’s requirements and external laws & regulations.
• Monitor and check for potential conflict such as personal account dealing, outside business interest.
• Monitoring and tracking of open issues to ensure proper timely closure of compliance issues.
• Conduct validation of corrective action plan and updating status of Open Issue Management report in MUFG’s systems.
• Strictly observe the deadline on the preparation of various compliance reports to Management, Parent Bank and Regional Office.
• Attend to any ad-hoc or new assignments which may be delegated from time to time by the immediate Supervisor, CCO and Management.

What you'll bring:

• Must have a recognized Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Law or its equivalent from a recognized university/higher learning institution.
• Candidates with Compliance Certification is highly preferred.
• Possess 6-8 years of experience in banking compliance.
• Strong knowledge of banking regulatory environment and regulations and deep understanding of industry trends, products, relevant laws and regulations.
• Good communication skills with the ability to influence others and build good rapport with local and external regulatory bodies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills to collaborate with other departments.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in dealing with employees or external customers/client

What's next:

If you're ready to take your career to the next level through this Assistant Vice President, Compliance role, apply today!

Apply today by clicking on the link!

Do note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted.

Agensi Pekerjaan Robert Walters Sdn Bhd
Business Registration Number : 729828-T
Licence Number : JTKSM 423C