Wb Asia Regional Kyc Manager

ING Wholesale Banking Asia is looking for a Regional KYC Manager, to support Asia Regional KYC related initiatives & deliverables in the region spanning 11 WB Asia locations.

Job description

This person will be a part of the Asia KYC & Transaction Monitoring Team, which is a part of Regional 1st Line of Defence (LoD) Non-Financial Risk Team (Expert Team Asia (responsible for 1st line implementation of Non-Financial Risks) overseeing and actively participating in globally led programs relating to all FEC topics including CDD, KYC & Transaction Monitoring for the region.

This role requires strong FEC Knowledge & hands-on experience in KYC area including regulatory requirements, KYC tooling and operational implementation aspects. The person in this role will also act as KYC Risk Ambassador within 1st LoD & promote a strong Risk culture.

Key Responsibilities:
- Implementation and project management of KYC tooling and solutions to ensure alignment with ING KYC standards, including liaising with global change teams, working with regional teams, etc.- Monitor and act upon Financial Crime Risk Appetite Key Risk Indicators and report regularly to Asia Senior Management for their governance and action.- Facilitate Regional KYC Committees and related meetings, fostering collaboration and alignment on KYC initiatives.- Execute annual financial economic crime risk assessment for Singapore and coordinate and facilitate the risk assessment across WB Asia branches.- Act as the delegate control owner of KYC controls for Asia by coordinating/executing the control testing and evaluating the control effectiveness annually.- Conduct sourcing due diligence and manage outsourcing of all KYC related services for Asia in-line with WB Sourcing Governance Framework. Oversee the service performance and monitor/act upon the issues related to outsourced services.- Monitor and act upon findings, risks or issues identified through internal or external quality assurance, audits, or inspections.- Acting as Secretary of Regional KYC Committee and other related KYC meetings.- This role will also require extensive collaboration with internal 1st LoD, 2nd LoD & 3rd LoD regional and global stakeholders to drive discussions, decisions, escalate and embed appropriate governance as required.- Represent Asia countries’ interests towards Global KYC and drive global strategy across WB Asia region.- Execute and coordinate KYC processes according to global requirements and ensure that they are locally embedded.- Constantly review & identify opportunities for process improvements in existing KYC process.- Monitor and act upon relevant findings, risk or issue from internal or external quality assurances/audit/inspection.

Knowledge and Experience- Bachelor’s degree mandatory with 8-10+ years of experience in Banking & Finance, with any additional professional qualification/FEC related certifications an added advantage.- Experience with implementing KYC/AML operational & Governance principles across the organization, and a strong understanding of the end-to-end KYC processes and risks & controls in the front-to-back chain.- Good project management skills being able to manage key work deliverables in a timely manner with good quality.- Knowledge & hands-on experience with implementation of KYC CLM tools.- Knowledge & hands-on experience in working with data analysis, identify data sources, extract data, and analyse and publish results and presentations to stakeholders.- Experience of having improved AML/KYC processes by leveraging AI/ML solutions is an added advantage.- Analytical, pragmatic, and problem-solving skills with an understanding of the regulatory environment in which banks operate.- Is a self-starter and a hands-on team player & strong individual contributor who is good at driving engagement across levels on content discussions & for driving decision making amongst stakeholders.- Experience with working in complex international & federated organization structure.- Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills.