Financial Crime Prevention Officer

3 months ago


Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China UBS Full time
Your role
Do you want to keep criminals from abusing the financial system? Are you someone who likes to do the right thing? Do you have the ability to spot anomalies and red flags in bank transactions?

We are looking for someone like that who can:

• Conduct investigations involving clients or potential clients presenting possible compliance, reputational, and regulatory risks to the Firm as well as drafting and preparing STRs.
• Perform due diligence on client relationships and escalate unusual or suspicious activities.
• Provide advice and guidance to the Business & Support functions with respect to client due diligence queries, AML /CFT matters, relevant internal policies and local laws.
• Perform exposure checks in relation to emerging risk themes and sanctions developments and co-operate with counterparts in other locations within and outside of APAC.
• Support and prepare monthly dashboard for management reporting.
• Assist the Financial Crime Prevention team in diverse tasks including inspection and internal/external audits on the AML/CFT function.
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments in prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing activities.

Your team
You'll be working in the FIU team in Hong Kong reporting directly to the Hong Kong Head of FIU Financial Crime Prevention. The Financial Crime Prevention team helps UBS in the fight against money-laundering, fraud, corruption and terrorist financing.

Your expertise
• University graduate with minimal 2 years of relevant experience.
• Previous compliance or audit experience in the area of Anti-money Laundering pertaining to private banking or wealth management would be highly preferred.
• Experience in drafting / narrating / filing STRs a plus.
• Proactive and able to work independently.
• Attention to detail and strong research capability.
• Strong analytical writing skills required. Strong communication skills, including the ability to deal with potentially contentious issues effectively.
• Proficiency in Chinese is mandatory.

About us
UBS is the world's largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

How we hire
We may request you to complete one or more assessments during the application process. Learn more

Join us
At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we're more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

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