Senior Executive - AML/CFT Auditor

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Main Duties:

 1.     Operational Oversight

• Direct and oversee day-to-day audit operations, ensuring all client assignments are progressing according to agreed timelines, budgets, and scope;
• Maintain a centralised assignment tracker covering status, deliverables, deadlines and responsible staff, with escalation protocols for delays;
• Supervise scheduling and resource allocation to ensure optimal use of team capacity;
• Oversee offsite operations at client premises, ensuring logistics, documentation, and reporting are properly managed;
• Ensure audit outputs (working papers, reports) are reviewed and approved before release to clients;
• Follow up with clients on pending documents, clarifications, or approvals required to complete engagements;
• Ensure continuity of audit operations especially for time-sensitive assignments;
• Regularly assess the efficiency of control systems, flag operational risks to senior management and recommend effective improvements;
• Develop and implement policies and procedures as may be required for the provision of the services provided by the Company;
• Act as the primary operational point of contact for client boards, MLROs and compliance teams during audit execution;
• Manage follow-ups on remediation actions post-audit, ensuring clients address deficiencies identified;

2.  Quality Assurance & Control Systems

• Design, implement and enforce daily monitoring controls to ensure assignments meet internal quality benchmarks;
• Conduct ongoing review of audit testing procedures, ensuring they remain consistent with methodology and regulatory expectations;
• Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or recurring issues in operations and initiate corrective measures.
• Report daily/weekly progress and operational KPIs to senior management.

3. Team Supervision

• Assign tasks to team members, monitor daily progress, and provide on-the-spot guidance where required;
• Review staff outputs, ensuring quality and consistency across working papers and reports;
• Conduct daily/weekly operational meetings with audit staff to track progress and address blockers;
• Oversee performance, identify skill gaps and organise targeted training or mentoring to strengthen delivery capacity.

4. Training & Capacity Building

• Lead internal training sessions to build technical audit and compliance expertise within the team;
• Evaluate training effectiveness and update programs in line with regulatory changes and evolving AML/CFT risks;
• Mentor and develop audit staff through ongoing supervision and knowledge-sharing;
• Maintain an internal knowledge base of evolving typologies, regulatory circulars, and industry best practices;

5. Additional Duties

• Undertake other cognate duties assigned by senior management, particularly where operational coordination is required;
• Attending client meetings as and when required;
• Reporting during Board meetings and at frequent dashboards of the Company.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Law/ Finance/ management or other related qualifications;
• Minimum 3 years of experience as an auditor;
• Prior experience in an audit firm would be an advantage;
• Strong knowledge of industry processes and regulations; 
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities; 
• An analytical mindset with excellent organizational skills.