Compliance Officer

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Overview of The Department/Section
The Compliance team is responsible for fulfilment of accountabilities to ensure that the Bank has appropriate policy, procedures, controls and practices to implement and comply with financial crime and regulatory compliance related local regulatory and global standards.

Highlights from Key Responsibilities:

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  Support management in fulfilment of the provision of Compliance advisory to the business and support units, via conducting the required studies, prepare and communicate the opinions to the related parties,
• To organize, plan, and conduct first or second review of the alerts produced by the transaction monitoring system in line with relevant standards, to escalate any potentially unusual or suspicious activity and support the subsequent suspicious activity reporting process by preparing any required documentation,
• To organize, plan, and conduct first or second review and investigation of alerts from transaction and name screening processes in accordance with relevant procedure and standards, escalate any positive matches and share the results with related parties,
• To conduct pre-screening of the firms (third party service providers) and share the results with related parties,
• Performing necessary studies about the records to be added to lists to support efficiency of the screening system, along with preparation of relevant approval documentation,
• Support management to perform periodic review of the existing customers requiring Compliance review, in accordance with the "know your customer" principles, to follow up and prepare relevant MI for submission to committees,
• To carry out Compliance user support in the system or process update projects regarding Compliance systems,
• To support necessary preparations for the reporting of compliance activities to the Committees,
• Following the regulatory announcements on a daily basis and when necessary loading them into the bank records without delay and informing relevant parties in line with regulatory change management procedure,
• To execute monitoring of the Outside Business Interests and Personal Account Dealing forms and relevant processes within the bank in cooperation with HR Department,
• Follow up training completion reports and assignment lists, escalate any potential delays to relevant teams and management,
• To support delivery of the Core Compliance testings,
• To gather data required to prepare all relevant MI and reports and submit as appropriate.

Work Experience

• Experience with an equivalent organisation and relevant role is an asset

Skills And Experience
Functional / Technical Competencies:

• Ability to gather and improve technical knowledge for Compliance related local regulatory and international standards
• Clear understanding of the market and regulatory environment in which MUFG operates globally
• Ability in providing a planned, organized, goal oriented delivery of the case reviews in compliance with standards
• Good conceptual understanding of risk, compliance and controls
• Strong literacy skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Sharp intellect with the ability to grasp complex concepts

Education / Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree Level on related disciplines

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, fluency in English
• A proactive, motivated approach
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.
We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.