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General Information

Job ID
29905
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
Work Types
Full Time, Permanent
Categories
Client Onboarding, Funds, Private Equity and Real Estate

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.


Discover the Role

The Investor Relations Executive will be responsible in the review of investor due diligence, AML and KYC documentation as part of the onboarding and periodic reviewprocess and ensure our clients are in compliant to the applicable AML laws & regulation. We expect the highest quality of work as most of our clients and/or their fund entities are regulated by the Australian Regulator) and other relevant authorities. The Executive should also be able to highlight issues encountered to the manager and propose possible solutions to resolve issues, without compromising any regulatory requirements.

Being one of the main contact person for clients, the Investor Relations Executive would assist the Investor Relations Manager to maintain strong relationships with the clients and their investors, drive operational excellence with his/her peers & the team, and provide quality & timely deliverables to clients


Key Responsibilities
  • Assisting the Investor Relations Manager to actively managing all investor KYC/AML workstreams and act as the primary contact for investor onboarding and KYC/AML matters. Ensure work deliverables are completed within the agreed time frame
  • Knowledge of screening in worldcheck , identification of PEP’s , adverse news & negative news related to AML/ CTF 
  • Working closely with the Fund Accounting Team, the person will also be responsible for FATCA / CRS services. Ensuring all the annual reporting/filing requirements are met. 
  • Be a champion to the internal compliance system 
  • Assisting the Investor Relations Manager to maintain appropriate investor AML/CFT policies and procedures, taking into account of all applicable regulatory requirements and updates
  • Understanding the investor onboarding/KYC/AML process and actively look for ways to improve and to adopt best practices. 
  • Ensure initial investor KYC work is conducted in an efficient manner. Proactively set out timeline with clients so that expectations can be managed. Delays and slippages are promptly highlighted so that they can be addressed
  • Schedule ongoing investor KYC monitoring work in advance and agree timeline with clients and investors 
  • Building a strong relationship with key clients through open dialogue. Ability to manage a large a portfolio of clients and investors. 
  • Maintaining pro-active communication with all team members and stakeholders on client deadlines and ad hoc requests to allow them to accommodate periods of absence and/or peak demand
  • Detailed understanding of the scope of services provided by TMF. Proactively managing ad hoc requests from clients and discuss with manager/senior colleagues if necessary. Work with the fund accounting team to ensure timely issuance of fee notes (including any agreed ad hoc work outside the scope of services) and collection of fees
  • Attending to queries from clients, investors, internal/external auditors, third-party compliance officers and regulators on controls and provide evidence upon request
  • Assisting the Investor Relations Manage to liaise with Group functions, specifically in the latest AML/CFT regulations and sanctions checking, risk assessments, governance frameworks
  • Establish and maintain constructive relationships with the respective regulators, auditors and other relevant institutions
  • In addition to the duties listed above, the Investor Relations Executive may be requested to perform other ad hoc duties or compliance projects as requested

Key Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business-related area or in a relevant discipline
  • Compliance qualification would be an additional asset
  • Knowledge of AML/CFT regulations in Australia, 
  • Experience in operating and running checks on name screening and risk database
  • Minimum 1 to 3 years of relevant experience gained either in an in-house compliance team for a Capital Market Services licensee, or providing investor AML/KYC services for fund services / fund administration provider organisation within the fund industry is preferred
  • Ability to work on own initiatives and attention to detail is essential
  • Compliance minded with good commercial awareness and act with integrity
  • Ability to learn quickly and work within a team under the guidance of manager/senior colleagues

What’s in it for you?
  • 13th month salary
  • Annual Leave
  • Medical Benefits / Dental / Medical Check-Up Benefits
  • Group Insurance Benefits (Life insurance / Group Hospitalization & Surgical / Group Personal Accident)
  • Flexible working time
  • Continuous development / Free language courses from TMF Business Academy
  • Early release on occasion

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!