Wells Fargo Lead Financial Crimes Officer - Regional Risk 

Singapore 

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In this role, you will:

• Manage a risk based financial crimes program covering primarily the financial crimes risks associated with correspondent banking and payment services (e.g. AML, Sanctions, Export Control, Fraud, ABC) for the Greater China market within the APAC region.

• Supervise the execution of onboarding and periodic due diligence work performed by a team of financial crimes consultants.

• Ensure due diligence documentation is comprehensive and line with Wells Fargo policy and expectations which includes the review and approval of complex customer risk summary due diligence memorandum.

• Proactively identify and escalate financial crimes risks which includes providing clear and concise presentations to senior regional and global stakeholders on the risks and recommended mitigating actions.

• Partner closely with business relationships managers to support ownership and management of financial crimes risk within the business.

• Call on Greater China financial institution customers as required to complete due diligence and escalation related tasks.

• Provide financial crimes though leadership to clients as requested by business relationship teams.

• Maintain awareness of key financial crimes developments in the markets you cover as well as regionally and globally.

• Partner with front office and key financial crimes stakeholders as needed, to support the execution of an effective financial crimes program.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker.

• 10+ years of Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) experience.

• 8+ years conducting correspondent banking due diligence covering financial institutions in Greater China.

• Financial crimes related certifications (CAMS, CRCM, CFC etc.), strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated client facing experience with financial institutions in Greater China.

• Deep knowledge of financial crimes requirements and expectations in Greater China markets.

• Strong understanding of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Sanctions, and Due Diligence compliance requirements as they pertain to correspondent banking.

• Deep knowledge of correspondent banking products and the payments industry.

• Ability to work effectively, as well as independently, in a team environment.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Experience leading effective collaboration between front office staff and 2nd line of defense.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.