Editorial summary

The company is seeking a KYC Team Lead/Checker for a 6-month contract within its Private Banking division, focusing on regional KYC activities across APAC. The role involves overseeing client onboarding, periodic reviews, and complex case assessments, providing guidance to team members, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Candidates should have experience in KYC processes, risk assessment, and regulatory interpretation. The position offers a salary of 12,600.

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Job description

[This job id 27978 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 27 Aug 2026]

Jobs Responsibilities

• Lead and support regional KYC activities for Private Banking clients across APAC, providing oversight on new onboarding, periodic reviews and trigger event cases.
• Act as a senior KYC Checker and escalation point, reviewing complex CDD profiles, risk assessments, supporting documents, FATCA/CRS requirements and screening outcomes.
• Guide KYC team members on case quality, regulatory interpretation and remediation; provide advisory support to regional stakeholders on complex client cases.
• Oversee first line KYC controls and ensure client records, static data and supporting documentation remain accurate, complete and audit ready.
• Review management information, KRIs and regulatory reporting; identify emerging issues, control gaps and outstanding actions requiring management attention.
• Represent KYC Operations in regional initiatives and transformation projects, including workflow enhancements, automation and development of APAC KYC processing capabilities.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of KYC/CDD experience with strong Private Banking or Wealth Management exposure.
• Prior experience in a KYC Team Lead, senior checker, reviewer or supervisory capacity.
• Strong end to end knowledge of client onboarding, periodic reviews, trigger reviews, name screening, FATCA/CRS and risk assessment.
• Good understanding of APAC AML/KYC requirements, with the ability to guide team members and manage complex or escalated cases.

Application Procedures

Interested candidates, please email your resume to:

Attention: Lynn Mak Ling Ling (CEI No. R1986990)

Recruit Express Pte Ltd (EA No. 99C4599)

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