Analyst - Anti-Money Laundering

About Us
MIZUHO BANK IS THE BANKING SUBSIDIARY OF MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN TOKYO, JAPAN. MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. IS THE 15TH LARGEST BANK IN THE WORLD, AS MEASURED BY TOTAL ASSETS OF APPROXIMATELY US 2 TRILLION. MIZUHO'S 55,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN OVER 800 OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, EMEA, AND ASIA.

MIZUHO BANK SINGAPORE BRANCH HAS AN ESTABLISHED LOCAL PRESENCE WITH OVER 50 YEARS OF HISTORY AND SERVES AS THE REGIONAL HUB FOR THE BANK'S APAC OPERATIONS.

OPERATING WITH A FULL BANK LICENSE, MIZUHO BANK SINGAPORE BRANCH PROVIDES BANKING SERVICES TO OVER 2,000 JAPANESE AND NON JAPANESE CORPORATE CLIENTS, WITH A STAFF STRENGTH OF ABOUT 1,000 EMPLOYEES. WE PROVIDE EXPERTISE IN CORPORATE FINANCE, TRADE FINANCE, CASH MANAGEMENT, FUNDS TRANSFERS, PROJECT FINANCE, AND TREASURY SERVICES TO HELP BUSINESSES DEVELOP AND FIND NEW OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH OUR AFFILIATE COMPANY, MIZUHO SECURITIES, TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT BANKING SOLUTIONS TO OUR CLIENTS.


Job Responsibilities
• Ensure sound risk management related to sanctions
• Ensure changes impacting filtering is adequately assessed and signed off as per operational guidelines and for filtering system
• Timely uploading of sanction lists into filtering systems
• Provides timely advice and approves transactions escalated hits. Provides training where necessary
• Provides advice related to changes impacting filtering

Job Requirements
Functional Expertise

• Ability to perform tasks without errors.
  
• Apply AML/CFT knowledge to monitor pre and live customers' transactions
  
• Understand and appreciate risk as an element in products and services across various industries and how the bank to mitigate the risk.
  

Business Acumen

• Demonstrate good understanding of basic Mizuho banking products and services (remittances, cash & cheques, loans, FX, time deposits, trade finance)
  
• Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of MLTF risk of each Mizuho banking products and services
  

Communication Skills /Relationship Management

• Demonstrate good understanding of AML/CFT regulations, policies and procedures
  
• Explain standards and requirements within the context of risk and its implication, within their respective function
  

Systems / Application

• Perform ad hoc tasks in the team, which includes uploading of sanction lists and preparing reports, and ensuring documents and files used in AML function are accurately maintained.
  
• Perform intermediary level excel function such as using for example, v-lookup, pivot table, and other functions required for day to day work.