Job Description

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Job Scope:

Ensure efficient identification and monitoring of suspicious activities and transaction in the Company and ensure timeous reporting of suspicious transactions to the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Officer, and the Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department (FIED) of Bank Negara Malaysia. It is further required to analyze and/or address all AML related alerts.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

Performs daily and monthly screening, review, assessment, monitoring, and analysis of various reports, logs, and transaction data to identify trends, unusual activity to determine if the transaction are suspicious in nature within the stipulated timeline. Ensure timely, efficient reporting of suspicious transactions to FCC Head of Department and Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department (FIED) of Bank Negara Malaysia. Maintains current knowledge on AML related policies, procedures and regulations. Provide direction and guidance to business units on appropriate remediation action on AML related matters.   Assist with AML related trainings.   Timely execution of instructions received from FCC Head of Department and/or FCC Manager. Assist the team to carry out any other AML related assignments as may be assigned from time to time. Provide necessary support to the business’s month end closings, inclusive weekends and public holidays. Replacements are subject to approval.

Job Specification:   

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher education level.
• Certification in a professional association such as the Association of Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) would be a distinct advantage.

Experience

• Minimum of three years’ experience in financial services data analysis. AML Compliance specific experience preferred.

Knowledge

• Strong analytical skills required to organize and analyze multiple, complex data sets as well as strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong database skills, including working with advanced data sets, pivot tables, advanced database and statistical functions and methods.
• Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Computer literacy essential (Word, Excel).
• Basic knowledge of insurance, banking, asset management or other related financial services operations.
• Basic understanding of compliance principles and best ethical practices.
• General understanding of regulatory guidelines governing the insurance industry or other related financial services.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.

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