Job offer: Legal & Compliance Senior/ Associate Manager

COMPANY OVERVIEW  
JAC's client is a foreign bank looking for a Legal & Compliance Senior/ Associate Manager
Department: Risks and Compliance Department
Reports to: Head of Compliance Department
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
JOB SUMMARY
In order to help the Head of Compliance in all compliance-related concerns, the Legal & Compliance is essential. This position is primarily responsible for overseeing complete regulatory compliance and carrying out in-depth analyses of the branch's policies and practices. Policy review, regulatory effect analysis, improving operational control points, and mitigating pertinent risks are important activities. With a strong background in banking operations, particularly credit operations, and current laws, the ideal applicant will have at least five years of experience in legal, compliance, internal control, internal audit, or related roles.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assistance in creating and implementing a successful program for legal compliance.
• Verify that internal rules and policies abide with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Examine the branch's policies and practices in-depth to guarantee complete regulatory compliance.
• Improve the operation's control points and remove any pertinent dangers.
• Perform impact analyses on new laws and regulations, legal briefings, and analyses of how new rules affect the bank's policies.
• Take part in putting in place strong internal controls and keep an eye on compliance.
• Offer legal counsel on banking business and operations to management and other departments.
• Oversee the control of legal documents that come in and go out.
• Help the Head of Compliance with establishing the AML framework, rules, and processes, KYC, AML screening, AML monitoring, and reporting, among other facets of AML/CTF.
• Assist the Head of Compliance in determining, ranking, and managing the risks related to non-compliance-related subjects.
• Assistance in creating ad-hoc and compliance reports.
• Take on additional responsibilities as delegated and support other team members when they are away.
• Fulfill any additional legal or compliance-related responsibilities as directed by the Head of Compliance and Management.

JOB REQUIREMENTS  
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Law, Finance, Accounting, Auditing, or Banking.
• Five years minimum of experience in relevant jobs or in legal, compliance, internal control, or internal auditing in banking and financial services.
• Extensive knowledge and background in banking operations, especially in the area of credit operations.
• Experience with KYC review and effect analysis.
• A thorough understanding of current laws and a keen sense of risk.
• Prior bank experience in Vietnam is preferred.
• Proficient in speaking and writing in both Vietnamese and English.
• Expertise in regulatory impact analysis, policy evaluation, and strengthening control points.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and research abilities.
• Proactive, responsible, meticulous, and possessing high moral standards.
• Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Capacity to collaborate well in groups.

Apply online or feel free to contact me directly for more information about this opportunity. Due to the high volume of applicants, we regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Thank you for your understanding.

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