Client Due Diligence Specialist - Onboarding for Financial Intermediaries (Manager) (AML/KYC)

Location: BOS Singapore

Company

hirify.global is a private bank within the OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices.

What you will do

• Review and approve new client onboarding requests and business relationships with independent asset managers, referral intermediaries, and counterparties.
• Perform KYC, AML, tax-risk, source-of-wealth, and source-of-funds assessments, including plausibility checks and supporting-document corroboration.
• Conduct periodic reviews of existing private banking clients and financial intermediaries, including higher-risk relationships.
• Handle screening alerts and investigate suspicious activities and transactions, making recommendations for suspicious transaction reports where appropriate.
• Advise relationship managers, front-office colleagues, and compliance stakeholders on onboarding deficiencies, review issues, and KYC/AML requirements.
• Identify control gaps, improve systems and processes, prepare management reports, and support remediation, audits, and regulatory projects.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of AML/KYC experience in a risk and control function within a private banking environment.
• Experience approving client onboarding in Hong Kong and/or Singapore private banking, including source-of-wealth, source-of-funds, client risk assessment, and account-purpose reviews.
• Strong understanding of the AML/CFT framework and its application to private banking onboarding, ongoing reviews, and transaction monitoring.
• Knowledge of PEP, sanctions, reputational, and suspicious-activity risks, as well as MAS, HKMA, FATF, and Wolfsberg requirements.
• University degree or higher education in Accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, or an equivalent field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and office automation tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Open, collaborative, and fair working culture.
• Professional and personal development programmes.
• Attractive remuneration and non-financial benefits.
• Development opportunities across the OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices.