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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in KYC processes, including customer due diligence, name screening, and risk assessment, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance onboarding frameworks and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
KYC Function ExperienceCustomer Due Diligence (CDD/EDD)Name Screening SystemsRisk-Based Decision MakingRegulatory Compliance Knowledge
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Hard Skills
High-Risk Onboarding ReviewBeneficial Ownership AnalysisSource of Funds/Wealth AssessmentCustomer Risk Rating MethodologiesAlert Review and DispositionMatch Logic and List ManagementQuality Assurance in KYCTransaction Monitoring KnowledgeML/TF Typologies UnderstandingEKYC and Digital Onboarding Familiarity
Soft Skills
Sound JudgmentEffective CommunicationCollaboration Across TeamsAdaptability to ChangeConfidence in Decision Making
Industry Keywords
AML/CFT ControlsRegulatory DevelopmentsSanctions ScreeningPEP ScreeningOnboarding ProceduresQuality Control in KYCRisk Assessment FrameworksMarket-Entry ReadinessCompliance StandardsOperational Procedures
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Review and assist in approving high-risk onboarding cases in Singapore, making documented, risk-based decisions and escalating where needed
- Own and enhance the customer due diligence framework for individual and corporate customers, including identity verification, beneficial ownership, source of funds/wealth, name screening and customer risk rating
- Oversee name-screening procedures for onboarding and ongoing monitoring
- Work with Product and Engineering on system enhancements, including name-screening configuration and performance and watchlist management
- Understand group-level onboarding processes and controls while aligning Head Office AML/CFT controls with local requirements
- Guide onboarding and operations teams on case handling, escalation criteria and edge cases
- Perform quality assurance and sampling of onboarding and screening decisions; identify control gaps, recurring issues and training needs; report KYC and screening metrics and trends
- Monitor regulatory developments, enforcement trends and industry typologies and update policies, procedures and risk-rating criteria
- Support regional teams with onboarding and screening queries, process improvements and market-entry readiness
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8–10 years in a KYC function for the Manager level, or at least 7 years for Assistant Manager, including hands-on experience approving or reviewing high-risk onboarding cases
- Familiarity with name screening systems and procedures, including alert review and disposition, match logic and list management
- Knowledge of CDD/EDD, beneficial ownership, sanctions and PEP screening, and customer risk-rating methodologies
- Sound judgment and confidence making and defending risk-based approval decisions
- Ability to collaborate and communicate across business, operations and compliance teams
- Adaptability and comfort with ambiguity and changing processes and regulatory expectations
- Ideally, experience supporting a head office, regional or group function across multiple jurisdictions
- Bonus: familiarity with eKYC and digital onboarding, or knowledge of transaction monitoring and ML/TF typologies across customer types