Assistant Vice President Data Quality Management

Advanced Customer Due Diligence & Risk Assessment

• Lead complex, high-risk, and enhanced due diligence (EDD) ongoing reviews, including customers with intricate ownership structures, cross-border exposure, PEPs, and high-risk industries.
• Conduct and approve risk-based reassessments of customer risk ratings, including justification and documentation for changes.
• Assess adequacy of source of wealth (SOW), source of funds (SOF), and transactional rationale for ongoing customer relationships.
• Ensure ongoing reviews are completed in line with regulatory timelines and internal service level agreements (SLAs).
  
  

• Act as a key escalation point for complex AML/KYC issues, unusual findings, and potential financial crime risks.
• Provide recommendations on customer retention, exit, or restriction where material AML/CTF risks are identified.
• Support and contribute to suspicious activity escalation, including referrals to AML Investigations or Compliance teams.
  
  

• Perform quality reviews and challenge checks on work completed by junior specialists to ensure consistency, accuracy, and regulatory defensibility.
• Ensure clear, well-reasoned documentation, evidencing risk assessments and decision-making for audit and regulator review.
• Identify control gaps, recurring deficiencies, and trends arising from ongoing reviews.
  
  

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance to team members within the Ongoing Review function.
• Support onboarding and training of new staff and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Drive process improvements, automation initiatives, and remediation programs to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Stay abreast of regulatory developments, emerging financial crime risks, and industry best practices.