Vice President, APAC Head of the Regional Intelligence Unit

The VP will work closely with regional and global stakeholders to support investigations, intelligence development, AI-enabled reviews and continuous improvement of financial crime controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Regional Intelligence Unit and establish clear priorities aligned with regional and global financial crime objectives.

• Oversee complex intelligence reviews, investigations and risk assessments involving customers, counterparties, transactions and cross-border activity.

• Provide direction and quality challenge on investigative analysis, conclusions, recommendations and escalation decisions.

• Manage regional intelligence requests, internal escalations and time-sensitive reviews.

• Oversee investigations and validate outputs.

• Ensure investigative reports and workpapers are clear, evidence-based, consistent and audit-ready.

• Identify emerging financial crime risks, typologies, trends and control weaknesses relevant to Asia.

• Coordinate with global investigations, regional compliance, country teams, legal, sanctions, transaction monitoring and other control functions.

• Escalate material risks promptly through the appropriate governance channels.

• Develop and maintain procedures, quality standards, escalation thresholds and management information.

• Monitor workload, timeliness, quality and capacity, and recommend changes where required.

• Build team capability through coaching, training, feedback and quality calibration.

• Support regulatory, audit and senior management requests relating to regional intelligence and investigations.

• Promote appropriate and controlled use of data, analytics and artificial intelligence within investigative processes.

Required Experience

• At least 10 years experience in financial crime compliance, investigations, intelligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions, law enforcement or a related field.

• Strong experience leading complex financial crime investigations and intelligence reviews in a financial institution or comparable organization.

• Demonstrated knowledge of financial crime risks, investigative methods, evidence standards and escalation requirements.

• Experience operating across multiple APAC jurisdictions and managing cross-border matters.

• Proven ability to engage and influence senior regional and global stakeholders.

• Experience leading teams, setting priorities and maintaining quality in a high-volume or time-sensitive environment.

• Experience reviewing investigative reports, management information and materials prepared for senior management, auditors or regulators.

• Familiarity with data analytics and AI-supported investigative tools is preferred.

Skills and Capabilities

• Strong investigative judgment and critical-thinking skills.

• Ability to identify material risks and make clear, evidence-based decisions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to explain complex matters clearly and concisely.

• Effective leadership, coaching and stakeholder-management skills.

• Strong organization and prioritization skills.

• High standards of integrity, confidentiality and professional judgment.

• Ability to work effectively across cultures, functions and jurisdictions.

• Relevant APAC market knowledge and language capability would be beneficial.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

• A relevant professional qualification in anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, investigations, compliance or risk management is preferred.

• Language skills are also an advantage.

Key Success Measures

• Timely completion of intelligence reviews and investigations.

• Consistent quality of investigative analysis, reporting and escalation.

• Effective identification and communication of material financial crime risks.

• Strong collaboration with regional and global stakeholders.

• Clear, complete and audit-ready documentation.

• Effective workload management, quality oversight and team development.

• Appropriate and controlled adoption of AI-enabled investigative processes.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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