12 Months Contract - VP, Regional Financial Crime Project Manager

SG CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Société Générale Group. Present in over 50 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia.SG CIB provides corporate, financial institutions, investors and public sector clients with value-added integrated financial solutions.

Summary

The Regional Financial Crime Project Manager APAC has responsibility for providing independent second-line AML-based input and support the business first line across SG Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region during the business implementation of new and emerging AML/Financial Crime and KYC/Customer Due Diligence ("CDD") initiatives that requiring Projects or change initiatives, e.g. AML Regulatory Remediation including KYC/CDD, KYC Optimization, Automation of AML Surveillance solutions, Regulatory Review, etc.

The post holder will act as a liaison between relevant stakeholders across all organization stakeholders as required; work to AML-based legislative and regulatory deliverables and provide AML-based projects and change management support vis-à-vis project or work initiatives arising for any new or emerging CDD business policies as well as procedural enhancements.

Main responsibilities

• Support the Regional Head of Compliance and Regional Head of Financial Crime Department to clearly define AML/Financial Crime-based projects/change initiative objectives, plan project deliverables with all impacted policies together with provision of required AML-based input to required stakeholders.
• Assist in co-ordinate with Group Compliance, Group Financial Crime, Country Compliance and/or Financial Crime/AML Officers as well as relevant stakeholders in the Asia Pacific region for issues in relation to numbers of AML/Financial Crime as well as regulatory remediation projects and initiatives.
• Support the Regional Head of Compliance and Regional Head of Financial Crime Department to participate and manage AML/Financial Crime-based projects or initiatives for both Hong Kong and regional level. e.g. Asia KYC remediation project; Project Soprano on KYC optimization; Regulatory reviews exercise; Project AKEAM on AML surveillance tools implementation, etc.
• Partner with business and all required stakeholders (ie. Asia On-Boarding, KYC Due Diligence, Business Lines, Credit/Risk, etc) in support of AML/Financial Crime-based Projects or organizational change management initiatives.
• Establish close and strong engagement with AML/Financial Crime based-project and change management partners as well as prepare and track AML/Financial Crime-based projects and change management milestones by creating detailed project and change initiative plans
• Manage project and change management dependencies and resources to ensure that all deliverables are met within prescribed timelines
• Undertake ad-hoc projects

Degree of autonomy / Level of authority

• The post holder is accountable for the quality, timeliness and delivery of AML/Financial Crime-based projects in SG Hong Kong as well as Asia Pacific region.

Specific context

• The post holder must be able to demonstrate ability and develop relationships with business partners, stakeholders, communicate project status and understand detailed business requirements;
• Good knowledge of AML/Financial Crime legislative requirements or ability to come quickly up to speed as an SME;
• Extensive knowledge of Excel (ie. Charts/graphs and data manipulation), Power-point and MS Projects;
• Experience working with governance, KYC/CDD, risk and compliance methodologies and practices;
• Detailed oriented with ability to work independently and multi-task effectively;
• Flexible, time management and ability to prioritize and work effectively to tight deadlines

Candidate Profile



Education

• Graduate level with finance / legal or other professional qualification is required

Past experience

• Minimum of 7-8 years in direct Banking/Securities with solid AML/Financial Crime and project management experience
• Regional exposure preferred but not essential

Languages

• Fluent in English & Chinese. Fluency in Putonghua is an advantage, but not prerequisite

Technical skills

• Strong working knowledge of HK as well as Asia Pacific regulatory and financial services legislation as it pertains to AML, Sanctions, ABC rules
• Good understanding of the business line activities

General Competencies

• Management Skills
• Operational Skills
• Regulatory Skills
• Communication Skills
• Flexibility - Adaptability
• Ability to make Decisions
• Ability to Work Under Pressure
• Analytical Skills
• Initiative
• Teamwork

Personal abilities

• Strong communications and influencing skills
• Motivator of staff and an effective leader
• Strong presentation and report-writing skills
• Analytical and a critical thinker