Director, Regional Transaction Monitoring, AML Compliance (APAC) – Quezon City, Philippines
Lead a critical compliance function at the forefront of regulatory risk management, overseeing transaction monitoring, investigations, AML/CTF controls, regulatory engagement, and compliance program execution across a complex regional environment.
As the Director, AML Compliance, you will drive governance, strengthen risk and control frameworks, and partner with country compliance Teams across APAC and cross-functional stakeholders globally to ensure regulatory compliance while enabling sustainable business growth.
Seeking a seasoned compliance leader to architect and optimize transaction monitoring and multi-jurisdictional compliance frameworks within dynamic Financial Services, FinTech, Banking Operations, or BPO environment.
Role Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee regional AML/CTF Risk Management and operations activities, ensuring effective detection, escalation, investigation, and resolution of potentially suspicious activity and other AML/CTF risks.
- Drive operational discipline, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement across monitoring processes, systems, and reporting routines.
- Provide strategic leadership for the APAC regional anti-financial crimes compliance program. Ensure policies, procedures, controls, governance routines, and risk assessments are appropriately designed, implemented, documented, and aligned with applicable regulatory requirements and global compliance standards.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for in-country compliance officers, regulators, financial intelligence units, law enforcement, and other external stakeholders in the region.
- Lead regulatory examinations, inquiries, issue management, remediation planning and execution, and formal responses in coordination with legal, compliance, and business partners across APAC.
- Partner with regional business leaders to support business strategy, product initiatives, market expansion, agent oversight, and operational priorities in a safe and compliant manner. Provide practical, risk-based guidance that balances business objectives, customer needs, and regulatory obligations.
- Serve as a Compliance site leader for the Manila office, providing leadership, coaching, workforce planning, talent development, and cross-functional engagement. Build a strong culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, inclusion, and compliance excellence across the site and broader regional team.
Customer Focus
- Engage with internal stakeholders, regulators, partners, and regional business leaders to protect customer trust, strengthen compliance outcomes, and ensure products and services are delivered in a safe, responsible, and compliant manner.
Management and Planning
- Designs, leads, and continuously improves complex regional compliance processes, governance routines, risk assessments, remediation plans, staffing models, and operational priorities to support effective execution and regulatory alignment.
Business Expertise
- Requires deep expertise in AML/CTF, transaction monitoring, money transfer services, regional regulatory requirements, and financial crime risk management. Demonstrated experience building transaction monitoring capabilities and managing multi-jurisdictional compliance operations frameworks is essential. Prior experience in Financial Services, FinTech, Banking Operations, or BPO environments supporting regulated financial services clients is preferred.
Leadership
- Leads and develops managers and compliance professionals across a site and region, sets clear priorities, influences senior stakeholders, drives accountability, and models strong judgment, integrity, inclusion, and ownership.
Role Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in AML, financial crimes, regulatory compliance, transaction monitoring, risk-based compliance, or related roles within a regulated financial services, payments, money transfer, banking, fintech, regulatory agency, consulting, or law firm environment.
- Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience, including management of managers or geographically dispersed teams.
- Bachelor’s degree required in business, finance, law, accounting, risk management, criminology, or related field.
- Advanced degree preferred. Professional certification such as CAMS, CFE, CRCM, ICA, or equivalent financial crimes / compliance certification preferred.
Additional Preferred Skills:
- Extensive expertise in AML/CTF compliance, including transaction monitoring, investigations, suspicious activity reporting, regulatory engagement, risk assessments, governance, control testing, audit management, and compliance program oversight.
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Estimated Job Posting End Date:
07-31-2026This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.
