Assistant Risk and Compliance Manager - Bank of East Asia (Trustees) Limited

The Bank of East Asia (BEA)|Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR|Full-time|Mid-Senior level

Responsibilities

Subject to background and experience, the suitable candidate will be assigned with related duties and responsibilities selected from the following areas:

  • Monitor the compliance matters related to the operations of trust business.
  • Monitor and implement oversight controls measures of daily operations of business units in areas of AML/CFT or risk management or frauds control or AEOI/CRS/FATCA, and regularly update and review returns/reports, internal policies, procedures, guidelines and processes.
  • Perform quality assurance checking to ensure compliance, covering the transaction monitoring, name screening and periodic review for the pension scheme and/or trust.
  • Provide risk and compliance advice in respect of existing and new regulatory requirements and to assess the potential impact.
  • Handle enquiries from regulators and internal stakeholders on any specific areas related to compliance or AML or risks or frauds or CRS/FATCA matters.
  • Prepare and/or review management reports to facilitate senior management oversight and provide requested information for regulators timely.
  • Working with internal and external auditors or regulators to facilitate onsite inspection or audit process.
  • As a Team builder to work with others to effectively accomplish assignments, including ad-hoc projects/tasks.


Requirements

  • University graduate / professional qualification, preferably in business, banking, accounting, law, finance or related disciplines.
  • Minimum 3 years experience in financial industry or financial audit or compliance or internal controls or AML or risk management or frauds control field cover the following:
  • Good understanding of any one or more of the relevant requirements of KYC/CDD, AML/CFT, AEOI/CRS/FATCA, MPF/ORSO, unit trusts, data privacy, risk management or fraud control;
  • Able to understand the controls/ operations of pension/MPF/ORSO and/or trust businesses;
  • Supervisory level experience is an advantage;
  • Good time management skill of meeting deadlines with different priorities;
  • Strong self-discipline and communication and analytical skills;
  • Good team player with self-motivated, independent and good working attitude.
  • Relevant banking experience or qualifications in regulatory compliance/ risk management/ AML/CFT such as HKIB ECF would be an advantage.
  • Relevant knowledge and experience on handling SFC RA 13 or HKMA TB-1 would be a plus.
  • Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Chinese.


Personal data provided by job applicants will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated in accordance with the Bank's Personal Data Policy, which is available upon request. Applicants who are not invited for interviews within six weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful and the personal data collected will be destroyed after 1 year.

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Recruitment Difficulty Analysis

Key challenge: The role requires a niche blend of trust/ring-fenced fiduciary operations experience and strict AML/CFT regulatory knowledge in a Hong Kong banking/trust setting, with only 3+ years’ direct experience often limiting the candidate pool. The local HK market also has strong competition for mid-senior compliance talent with regulatory qualifications and bilingual (English/Chinese) requirements.

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(Assistant Risk OR Risk Manager OR Compliance Manager OR Risk and Compliance) AND (Hong Kong OR HK) AND (Bank OR Banking)(AML OR AMLCFT OR KYC OR CDD OR CRS OR FATCA OR AEOI) AND (Trust OR Trustees OR pension OR MPF OR ORSO) AND (compliance OR regulatory OR controls)(Senior OR Supervisory OR Lead) AND (Compliance OR Risk) AND (Bank OR Banking OR Financial) AND (Hong Kong OR HK)

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Key Skills
AML/CFTKYC/CDDAEOI/CRS/FATCATrusts/Pension/MPF/ORSO operationsRegulatory Reporting and Internal Controls
Location Radius
Prioritize candidates based in Hong Kong or willing to relocate to HK; consider regional candidates with HK work authorization and flexibility for on-site work.
Experience Level
3-8 years Prioritize hands-on AML/CFT and KYC in banking or trust services, familiarity with AEOI/CRS/FATCA and trust/pension operations, plus experience with regulatory reporting and internal controls.

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