AVP, AML Transaction Monitoring & System, Foreign Bank

Hays Hong Kong

Posted 1 day ago Permanent Competitive

Your new company

We are currently hiring an AVP Transaction Monitoring and System for a well-established foreign bank.

Your new role

Lead end-to-end transaction surveillance investigations, overseeing complex, high-risk, and sensitive cases with a risk-based approach.
Detect and assess unusual transaction behaviours, suspicious activities, and emerging financial crime typologies through advanced analytical techniques.
Leverage data analytics, network analysis, and link analysis methodologies to identify hidden relationships, complex money laundering schemes, and financial crime risks.
Act as a subject-matter expert during regulatory inspections, internal audits, and independent risk assessments related to transaction surveillance and AML controls.
Drive threshold tuning, scenario calibration, and optimisation initiatives to enhance alert quality, reduce false positives, and improve detection effectiveness.
Partner closely with Group Compliance, Technology, Operations, and other key stakeholders to deliver strategic transaction monitoring system enhancements and transformation initiatives.
Support the implementation, validation, governance, and ongoing performance monitoring of AI/ML-driven surveillance and suspicious activity detection models.
Lead system upgrades, change management initiatives, UAT execution, and deployment of new surveillance scenarios and functionalities.
Establish and maintain robust governance documentation, including system configurations, tuning rationales, model methodologies, and regulatory requirements.
Monitor surveillance system performance through data-driven metrics and provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior management.
Develop and utilise SQL and Python-based analytical solutions for data extraction, scenario testing, model validation, and management reporting.
Stay ahead of evolving AML regulations, financial crime trends, typologies, and surveillance technologies to continuously strengthen the control framework.

What you'll need to succeed

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Require 6-8+ years of relevant experience in AML Transaction Monitoring/AML Systems, within the banking industry.
ECF-AAMLP certification or above is mandatory; CAMS or other recognised AML certifications would be highly advantageous.
Demonstrated expertise in transaction monitoring system configuration, threshold tuning, scenario calibration, optimisation, and model governance.
Hands-on experience with AI/ML-enabled surveillance solutions and advanced analytics tools.
Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with a strong ability to perform data analysis, scenario testing, and automation.
Fluent in Cantonese and English is a must.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. (krystal.chun@hays.com.hk)

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Job ID 1292052

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