Sanction Screening Processor

Job Description

Department: Payment Operations (Centre of Excellent Team)

Function: Sanction Screening Processor

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Mainly responsible to perform transactional screening, transactions activity checks

and other reviews according to Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of

Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements.

• Analyse and investigate alerts that are generated using standard policies, procedures, and

tools, aimed at meeting internal and external regulatory requirements.

• Ensure review and disposition are adequately documented.

• Apply or adapt knowledge (obtained from training) of any imposed sanctions(s) or other

laws/regulation(s) to the task at hand.

• Acts as facilitator and collaborates with all Business Units across on matters pertaining AML

including working closely with various Risk Business Partners

• Monitors and ensure timely escalation of alerts to the appropriate parties for further review.

• Assist to maintain audit-ready state by meeting AML/CFT standards and stipulated

procedure.

• Liaise with BUs/Branches/ Regulatory Compliance department for advice and other business

units/departments for information where required.

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• At least 2-3 years of relevant hands-on experience in a banking and financial institution with

specialization in Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, Customer

Due Diligence, Enhanced Due Diligence and Know Your Customer (AML/CFT/CDD/EDD/KYC)

& familiarity with SWIFT payment message structures.

• Candidate must possess strong attention to detail, research, analytical, reasoning and

investigation skills. (Detailed-oriented, Independent, and analytical team player, proactive

and able to adapt quickly)

• Self-driven with high level of initiative and follow-through skills.

• Able to work independently as well as in a team and leverage resources available to achieve

goals.

• Strong in analytical and problem-solving skill.

• Ability to address conflicts and escalate issues where appropriate.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work in an operational /compliance driven environment.

• Ability to coordinate and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field