Regional Head of Fs for Wm Apac Compliance

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships..

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.
- excluding partnerships

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

**Position Purpose**:
The role reports into the Regional Head of Compliance for WM APAC and directly oversees financial security matters for both WM Singapore and WM Hong Kong while supporting the regional WM Compliance Community like Taiwan and Thailand.
The individual will ensure the businesses are in line with the Group Financial Security risk framework, and all internal and regulatory requirements are met while tasked with direct oversight of the two APAC WM Financial Security hub teams, namely APAC WM FS Transversal and APAC WM AML-TM L2.

**Key Responsibilities**

Responsible for Financial Security (FS) compliance providing oversight, advisory, support and coordination for all related topics

1. Providing advisory to the WM Business and local Heads of Compliance for alignment with Global and local (regulatory/legal) AML/Sanctions related directives and requirements applicable to WM operations and activities and also GFS/IFS/WMHO procedures and guidelines.
2. Contribute to forums and working groups initiated by WMHO Compliance or at the Territory level, on the evolution of the Bank’s AML/Sanctions framework
3. Serve as WM representation for Financial Security related matters in a range of developmental projects, which includes but is not limited to governance, the development of procedures, process improvement initiatives & enhancing existing controls;
4. Ensure the regional FS related policies and procedures are adapted accordingly and remain updated
5. Liaison with internal / external auditors including responding to routine visits, audits and other enquiries linked to Financial Security matters;
6. Coordinating with APAC Compliance FS and/or WM HO Compliance and various parties on policies, procedures and system changes etc., specifically with respect to financial security matters (AML/Sanctions) and to address issues raised in internal audit reports, self-assessments, compliance reviews or regulator’s examination about AML/Sanctions policy.
7. Provide AML/Sanctions advisory to Business/Operations, including performing impact review/assessment from Sanctions Notices, coordinating with APAC Compliance FS and/or WMHO to implement operational instructions and perform briefings to internal stakeholders.

Responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the Financial Security processes and controls

Ensure the effectiveness of the transaction monitoring through

8. Risk-based calibration of the AML-TM system
With transaction monitoring as a key control, to maintain the effectiveness and robustness of Compliance-owned Net Reveal system as the AML-TM tool for WMHK, SG and TW by ensuring the periodic recalibration of thresholds and scenarios for all 3 sites by developing a "methodology/strategy/organization" so that the recalibration exercise is performed properly.

9. Robust implementation of the alert management process
Putting in place policies and procedures for alerts handling to provide guidelines on its analysis, escalation and review timelines for the APAC WM AML-TM L1 and L2 hub teams which are handling the Level 1 Alert Analysis and Level 2 Case Investigation respectively.

10. Monitor and review the quality of