Your new company

Your new client is a premier international bank recognised for bridging Middle Eastern expertise with Asia’s dynamic markets. They stand out for its specialised private banking, corporate finance, and treasury services that connect Middle Eastern capital with Asia-Pacific opportunities.

It offers bespoke solutions for high-net-worth (HNW) individuals, trade finance for cross-border businesses, and advanced treasury products tailored to institutional clients.

Your new role

The CDD (Client Due Dilligence) Business Advisory and Support (CBAS) unit operates as the 1.5 Line of Defence (LOD) and functions as a bridge between Branch’s Business segments (1st LOD) and Control / Support (2nd LOD) units to support the Corporate & Institutional Banking (C&IB) and Wealth Management (WM) businesses on CDD-related matters including:

• Documents preparation required for client onboarding and periodic reviews
• Liaising with key stakeholders like Business, Compliance and Ops units to address any gaps in the CDD reviews
• Monitoring of client accounts (including onboarding conditions, adverse news, documentation validity) and initiate trigger reviews
• Conduct AML/CFT related in-house surveillance reviews along with business and compliance
• Prepare MIS (e.g. monthly CDD statistics report) and respond to AML/ CFT regulatory surveys
• Initiation and implementation of process improvement and digital transformation projects to streamline and automate the name screening and review process

The primary focus of this role is to conduct Account Opening reviews, Periodic Reviews and Trigger Reviews for Wealth Management (“WM”) clients , with a focus on assessing client profiles, corroborating and uplifting Source of Wealth (“SoW”), reviewing transaction activity, and ensuring that Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) requirements are completed in line with regulatory expectations and the Branch’s internal policies and procedures.
The role requires sound professional judgement in evaluating complex client profiles, identifying material risk changes, assessing documentation gaps, and determining whether enhanced review, additional corroboration, risk mitigants, conditions, or escalation is required on a risk-based basis. The job holder is expected to ensure that review conclusions are well-reasoned, clearly documented, and aligned with regulatory expectations and the Branch’s internal policies and procedures.

What you'll need to succeed

• Min 8 years of banking industry experience in Private Banking or Wealth Management KYC / CDD or client onboarding (Audit, Risk, AML may also be areas of experience)
• In depth working knowledge of CDD / Compliance / AML procedures and standards in the Private Banking / Wealth Management space.
• Proficient in MAS regulations and guidelines relating to Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT)

• Ability to understand issues raised by Front Office and resolve situations

• Good relationship management skills

What you need to do now

If you or someone you may know may be interested in this opportunity, please do contact me on the details below for more information or drop over an updated CV, preferably in Word format, to my email at Nicholas.Liang@Hays.com.sg

Alternatively, if this job opportunity is not relevant to you, feel free to share your updated CV to have a confidential discussion on the relevant openings based on your skill sets and expertise.

At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

EA Reg Number: R23118004
EA Licence Number: 07C3924
Company Registration No: 200609504D