Associate AML/CFT Manager

Razer is seeking an Associate AML/CFT Manager to lead the AML/CFT management, Transaction Monitoring, and Onboarding teams. This role involves ensuring compliance with AML rules and regulations, providing advisory on AML/CFT guidelines, interpreting regulations, and conducting training. The manager will perform assurance checks, support regulatory requests, and drive process improvements to achieve best-in-class compliance practices within Razer's global operations, particularly in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

Must Have

• Manage AML/CFT, Transaction Monitoring, and Onboarding teams.
• Ensure compliance with AML rules and regulations of respective authorities/jurisdictions, internal policies and BNM guidelines.
• Recommend and provide value added advisory and consultation on AML/CFT Guidelines.
• Interpret existing regulations and its specific implications on business to operationalise and apply these regulatory requirements.
• Conduct AML/CFT training to frontliners on due diligence and transaction monitoring process.
• Perform 2nd level assurance checks on transaction monitoring, name screening and due diligence cases.
• Provide support to any request for information from Regulatory Compliance Unit.
• Identify areas of improvement relating to AML/CFT processes and drive transformation projects.
• Bachelor’s degree from recognized University.
• At least 5 years of working experience in a compliance operations function.
• Possess experience in payment or banking industry.
• Possess an understanding of the current complexities as well as leading trends and issues in AML/CFT industry.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple business units and to interact with all levels of management and staff.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills for reporting purposes, performing liaison duties, and relating to business leaders/individuals.

Good to Have

• Certification in Compliance or Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism.
• Ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related, and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations.
• Ability to consider and advice on the consequences of various courses of action.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, maintain flexibility in fast-paced environment, and meet or exceed deadlines.
• Independent, self-motivated and self-starter.

Perks & Benefits

• Opportunity to make an impact globally.
• Work across a global team located across 5 continents.
• Unique, gamer-centric #LifeAtRazer experience.
• Accelerated growth, both personally and professionally.

Job Responsibilities :

Reporting to the Head of Financial Crime Compliance, you will have innate and intuitive knowledge of Razer’s goals and culture, as well as of the local operating environment in Malaysia.

• To manage AML/CFT management, Transaction Monitoring and Onboarding team.
• To ensure compliance with AML rules and regulations of respective authorities/ jurisdictions, internal policies and BNM guidelines.
• To recommend and provide value added advisory and consultation on AML/CFT Guidelines applicable to the Business Units activities and operation in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other countries and mitigating AML/CFT compliance risks effectively.
• To interpret existing regulations and its specific implications on business to operationalise and apply these regulatory requirements and industry best practices to ensure business remains compliant.
• Conduct AML/CFT training to frontliners on due diligence and transaction monitoring process.
• Keep abreast of all developments on AML/CFT compliance and collaborate with the relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance.
• Perform 2nd level assurance checks on transaction monitoring, name screening and due diligence cases to ensure that the reviews have been appropriately completed and documented.
• Provide support to any request for information from Regulatory Compliance Unit. Where necessary, to liaise with business units to obtain the required information.
• Observe and understand the AML/CFT, Transaction Monitoring or Customer Due Diligence procedures and communicate key changes to relevant parties for implementation.
• Identify areas of improvement relating to AML/CFT processes and drive transformation projects to achieve best-in-class AML/CFT compliance practice (s)
• Support other ad-hoc duties and projects.

Pre-Requisites :

• Bachelor’s degree from recognized University, with at least 5 years of working experience in a compliance operations function, preferably at managerial level. Certification in Compliance or Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism would be an added advantage.
• Possess experience in payment or banking industry preferably in compliance, risk management, legal, audit, operations, etc.
• Possess an understanding of the current complexities as well as leading trends and issues in AML/CFT industry
• Ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related, and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations.
• Ability to consider and advice on the consequences of various courses of action, including an understanding of the repercussions on other activities.
• The ability to work effectively across multiple business units and to interact with all levels of management and staff.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, maintain flexibility in fast-paced environment, and meet or exceed deadlines.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills for reporting purposes, performing liaison duties, and relating to business leaders/individuals.
• Independent, self-motivated and self-starter