Working within KPMG's Anti-Money Laundry (AML) team, this new role involves a varied combination of client contact, technical skills, business development and project management.

AML team sits within KPMG Risk Consulting function and is a facility that brings together analytics specialists, hardware and software to provide a unique facility that allows customers to commission one-off pieces of analytics work, proofs of concept or ongoing data oriented managed services.

The successful candidate will perform a client delivery focused role, which typically involves the management, manipulation and analysis of data and transformations using innovative data techniques to extract the insights and intelligence from related data assets.

The candidate will be involved in a wide range of financial crime projects with a particular focus on transaction monitoring and sanctions, for a wide ranged Financial Institute clients (including domestic banks and international banks).

Responsibilities

- Leverage both reactive and proactive data analysis of large volume of structured data, utilising a wide range of database management systems, reporting systems and visualisation software
- Designing and carrying out end to end testing of Sanctions and AML Transaction Monitoring systems, including documentation review, data quality and integrity testing, rules, segmentation and threshold testing / tuning
- Solving complex client or project issues
- Managing and supervising project teams in terms of:
   - Quality of deliverables
   - Ensuring deadlines are met and risks quantified
   - Developing complex procedures and end to end procedures
   - Assisting with scoping, internal financial management, managing delivery risk, production and initial review of deliverables
   - Building relationships and managing client stakeholder / relationships on projects
   - Coaching and mentoring more junior team members both on and off engagements
- Actively identifying and progressing business development opportunities, as well as managing sales activities such as proposal development and assisting with client presentations

Qualifications and Skills

This exciting role will fully utilize the candidates programming, data analysis skills and AML knowledge. Strong technical skills are essential, as candidates will be expected to develop solutions either individually or as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a number of the following skill sets and experience:
- Strong analytical skills and ability to identifying patterns within data to generate business insight
- Significant experience with either of the following data manipulation software: SQL (Oracle / SQL Server), SAS or other Broad knowledge of the finance function and the importance of management information within organisations
- Good knowledge of banking systems and ETL process
- Proven experience in Financial Crime Compliance
- Knowledge of SWIFT, CNAPS messages and international banking
- A functional understanding of international sanctions, regulations and anti-money protocols
- Proven experience in report writing and authoring deliverables
- Other related Data Management experience in Data Governance, Data Standards documentation, Master Data Management, and Data Integration
 
Experience and Background

- Data technology / data analytics educational background (such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, quantitative economy and etc.)
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical analysis to a non-technical audience
- Knowledge of AML and Sanctions filtering systems, for example Fircosoft, SAS and / or SafeWatch
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and analysis rends (such as regression, clustering, sampling, social network analysis)
- Fluency in English and Chinese is required

We offer successful candidates an attractive remuneration package and the opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting environment.

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