Team Lead, Business Risk Review

• Lead and manage the AML review team responsible for corporate customers and financial institution (FI) customers, ensuring effective day-to-day operations and proper coverage of assigned cases.
• Oversee the end-to-end AML review process for the team, including customer onboarding reviews, periodic/trigger-based reviews, and documentation checks, to ensure adherence to internal standards and required timelines.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve QA frameworks (e.g., sampling, 1.5-line review standards, checklist effectiveness) to monitor case quality, completeness, and consistency in decision-making.
• Perform supervisory reviews of selected cases to validate that risk ratings, key risk factors, and required follow-ups are evidence-based and properly documented.
• Ensure regulatory and policy requirements are implemented effectively, including translating AML/Compliance updates into operational guidance, control enhancements, and team procedures/SOPs.
• Drive standardization of case documentation by setting expected quality benchmarks (narrative structure, evidence mapping, escalation rationale, and audit trail), and ensuring uniform interpretation across reviewers.
• Manage performance, workload, and capacity planning for the team, including case allocation, prioritization logic, and SLA monitoring to avoid backlogs and operational risks.
• Maintain clear escalation pathways and ensure the team escalates exceptions, high-risk observations, and potential STR/other matters in a timely and controlled manner to the relevant stakeholders (Compliance/MLRO channels where applicable).
• Collaborate with internal partners (Front Office, Client Coverage, Operations, Compliance/Financial Crime functions) to resolve process gaps, clarify requirements, and improve end-to-end workflow efficiency.
• Support audit and regulatory readiness, including preparing responses to issues raised, providing QA evidence, implementing remediation actions, and tracking closure with management oversight.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or above
• More than 5 years of experience in bank AML-related work, and more than 3 years of AML management experience
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.