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Team Lead, Data Quality Management

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Key Responsibilities

  • Team Leader & Performance Management
    • Lead, coach, and develop a team of AML Ongoing Review Analysts
    • Allocate workloads and monitor productivity to meet SLA and regulatory timelines
    • Conduct regular one‑to‑ones, performance reviews, and training needs assessments
    • Act as escalation point for complex or high‑risk cases
    • Support onboarding and training of new staff and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
    • Drive process improvements, automation initiatives, and remediation programs to enhance efficiency and quality.
    • Stay abreast of regulatory developments, emerging financial crime risks, and industry best practices.


  • AML Ongoing Review Oversight
    • Ensure accurate completion of periodic KYC reviews, trigger‑based reviews, and risk reassessments
    • Review and approve analysts work, ensuring consistency and quality
    • Ensure customer risk ratings are accurately assessed and justified
    • Identify gaps in customer information and ensure remediation actions are completed
  • Advanced Customer Due Diligence & Risk Assessment
    • Lead complex, high-risk, and enhanced due diligence (EDD) ongoing reviews, including customers with intricate ownership structures, cross-border exposure, PEPs, and high-risk industries.
    • Conduct and approve risk-based reassessments of customer risk ratings, including justification and documentation for changes.
    • Assess adequacy of source of wealth (SOW), source of funds (SOF), and transactional rationale for ongoing customer relationships.
    • Ensure ongoing reviews are completed in line with regulatory timelines and internal service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Quality Assurance & Risk Management
    • Perform QA checks and thematic reviews to identify trends and control weaknesses
    • Drive continuous improvement to reduce errors, rework, and regulatory risk
    • Ensure adherence to internal AML policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements
    • Support internal audits, compliance reviews, and regulatory examinations
  • Stakeholder & Escalation Management
    • Liaise with Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, and Business teams on AML matters
    • Escalate material AML risks, suspicious activities, or control issues appropriately
    • Support Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) referrals where identified
  • Reporting & Governance
    • Prepare and present management information (MI) on team performance, quality, and risk trends
    • Track key AML metrics such as overdue reviews, high‑risk customers, and remediation status
    • Contribute to policy updates and procedural enhancements
    • Identify control gaps, recurring deficiencies, and trends arising from ongoing reviews.
Job Requirements

  • Min 8 years of experience in AML/KYC, financial crime compliance, or customer due diligence, with significant exposure to ongoing or periodic reviews.
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, Banking, Business, Law, Economics, or related field.
  • Professional certifications such as Certification in AML-CFT/ Advanced Certification in AML CFT/ or equivalent are strongly preferred
  • Strong understanding of Segment Business, Documentation standards and Regulatory Compliance expectations.
  • Strong analytical and investigative skills to identify data inconsistencies and validation gaps.
  • Familiarity with core banking systems, onboarding platforms and screening tools.
  • Knowledge of customer risk assessment frameworks and ongoing due diligence requirements
  • Proven people‑management and coaching ability
  • Strong decision‑making and escalation judgment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication

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Job ID: 146650259

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