At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.
Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Key Responsibilities for this role:
- Act as a subject matter expert for APAC-specific business practices, financial crime regulations, trends, and typologies and provide guidance and support to the global FCO team where required.
- Provide support to the FCO team during APAC business hours, facilitating suspicious activity, fraud and sanctions related investigations and case management.
- Act as an escalation point for FC operational activities within APAC. Including supporting operational processes where required, e.g., sanctions approvals.
- Provide meaningful insight to Global FCC teams (Lux/ UK/LOD1 and LOD2) with the implementation of Group AML Standards, defining impacts and limitations whilst considering local/regional approaches and practices.
- Regularly engage with business teams to discuss cases, review pipelines, and address challenges with onboarding requests.
- Where KYC is specific to the APAC region, this role will:
- Act as a focal point for all APAC related KYC requests. Including responding to queries from TPAs/TAs and internal business teams regarding KYC onboarding, and related processes.
- Provide accurate and timely KYC guidance, and support to the Query Management and Referrals team.
- Collaborate with the wider Query Management and Referrals team to ensure referral spikes and team capacity constraints are managed effectively.
- Escalate complex or high-risk cases to the relevant FCO team members for further guidance and decision-making.
- Obtain specialist knowledge and upskill on Private Markets across the Asset Management business.
Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Significant experience within financial crime.
- Significant experience within KYC/DD processes.
- Ability to demonstrate a deep subject matter expertise of the financial crime risks inherent in the Asset Management sector, specifically within the APAC region.
- Ability to demonstrate a deep understanding of Asset Management Private and Public markets in scope across the APAC region.
- Understanding of local and regional AML requirements, FC processes and Standards.
- Sound organisational and coordination capability to manage multiple time sensitive requests at one time.
- Sound communication skills and ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Familiarity with industry best practices and regulatory expectations specific to the APAC region of the Asset Management business.
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
