Operations - Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Payment Lifecycle Analyst

Job Description
The incumbent will be primarily responsible for screening day-to-day transactions with demonstrated knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) principles, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) policies and industry practices. The qualified candidate must exercise sound judgment and discretion in the review of transactions in a high volume and high pressure team environment. The candidate will also be required to provide support to the team leader with other assigned responsibilities.

This role will require the qualified candidate to exercise collaborative interpersonal skills when dealing with various internal business groups during case investigation and management.
 

Responsibilities:
•    Exercise sound judgment and observe the highest degree of confidentiality and quality when screening transactions with compliance to OFAC policies, local laws and regulations.
•    Establish and maintain partnerships with offshore internal stakeholders, Compliance and Technology teams to maximize efficiencies and ensure consistency.
•    Ensure performance and deliver in accordance with Service Level Agreement, KPI and KRI.
•    Capable in keeping up with change and ensuring you are up-to-date with the team’s standard procedure.
•    Review metrics,  provide analysis with summary reporting to management & provide required metrics to internal/external auditors by utilizing intelligent tools like Alteryx, Tableau as well as database tool of SQL.
•    Ability to identify and act on process improvement initiatives and operational process change.
•    Exercise diligence to ensure the procedure was followed and that sufficient analysis was conducted to support the decision, while ensuring the analysis was properly evidenced.
•    Actively participate in improvement initiative projects and support technology enhancement UAT and requirements gathering.
•    Ability to mentor and coach new team members and identify training opportunities and any issues of under-performance after progressing to a senior role in the team.
 

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor's degree preferred
•    Must be able to read and write in English and Mandarin
•    Prior work experience in Swift Settlements and Banking Operations gained from international financial institutions will be considered favorably
•    Good understanding of risk and control and have experience in liaison with auditors or regulators will be considered favorably
•    Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and quick decision-making ability 
•    Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to work under pressure and high-volume environment within tight deadlines and cutoff
•    Must have a proactive attitude and the ability to multi-task
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
•    Strong proficiency in MS Office (Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
•    Good knowledge of SQL, Alteryx and Tableau