Compliance Officer (1 yr contract | SoW | Wealth Management) DT

Job Description & Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• SoW/SoF Verification: Conduct end-to-end evaluations of complex client wealth trajectories by corroborating evidence against client backgrounds and operating structures.

• Compliance Advisory: Provide expert guidance to Relationship Managers on structuring clear SoW narratives, gathering acceptable supporting documentation, and managing PEP, sanction, and adverse media risks.

• Governance & Committee Defense: Prepare and present complex, high-risk client profiles and SoW narratives to local Risk Committees for onboarding, recertification, or account unblocking decisions.

• Monitoring & STR Handling: Monitor high-risk profiles to ensure ongoing transactional activity aligns with verified SoW, leading internal investigations and filing Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) when anomalies arise.

• Regulatory & Policy Alignment: Conduct gap analyses on regional regulatory updates (e.g., MAS, HKMA) regarding CDD and SoW standards to refine internal policies and regional guidelines.

• Controls & Audit Support: Execute local Financial Security controls, maintain onboarding and recertification tracking, and support internal and external audit reviews on file quality.

• Front Office Training: Deliver targeted training to Front Office and Client Management teams on SoW documentation standards, red flags, and regional wealth management compliance initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience: Proven experience in KYC, AML/CFT compliance, or CDD within Wealth Management, Private Banking, or Family Office environments.

• SoW Expertise: Strong ability to analyze, challenge, and reconstruct complex corporate structures, multi-jurisdictional holdings, and wealth-generation narratives.

• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of domestic regulatory frameworks (e.g., MAS) and exposure to regional/international regulations (e.g., HKMA, FATF standards).

• Technical Skills: Hands-on proficiency with financial/tax document verification, transaction monitoring, sanction/PEP screening tools, and STR reporting procedures.

• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and advisory skills to challenge the Front Office constructively and present risk assessments clearly to senior management.

• Analytical Mindset: Exceptional attention to detail and critical thinking skills to detect red flags and connect historical wealth origin with transactional patterns.

If you are interested in this role and would like to discuss the opportunity further please click apply now or email Debbie Tan at [email protected] for more information.

Only shortlisted candidates will be responded to, therefore if you do not receive a reply within 14 days please accept this as notification that you have not been shortlisted.

Morgan McKinley Pte Ltd

Debbie Tan Mei Lin

EA Licence No: 11C5502

EAP Registration No: R26159853