Royal Bank of Canada

Job Summary

This position is responsible for implementing the framework that prevents the illicit use of RBC’s products and systems for financial crimes, ensures continued compliance with relevant laws and regulations and protects RBC’s reputation.

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As the Associate Director, MLRO Japan, you will be responsible for implementing the framework that prevents the illicit use of RBC’s products and systems for financial crimes, ensures continued compliance with relevant laws and regulations and protects RBC’s reputation.

Within the second line of defense, the role sits within APAC AML Advisory and provides for risk oversight and advisory support to Capital Markets businesses and their support functions in Japan and APAC. The APAC AML team focuses on matters relating to regulatory compliance and risk management for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (collectively as “AML”), anti-bribery and anti-corruption (“ABAC”), and sanctions compliance, as appropriate, in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, and internal requirements.

What will you do?

• Acting as Money Laundering Reporting Officer (“MLRO”) for Japan and ensuring local regulatory requirements are appropriately understood and adhered to. Concurrently, in a regional capacity, ensuring appropriate risk oversight and support to program management and other internal requirements.
• Regulatory liaison and advisory to businesses and support functions on applicable AML, sanctions, and ABAC requirements.
• Ensure suspicious activity reporting, transaction monitoring and screening alert escalations are properly and timely handled.
• Actively contribute to Group’s AML, sanctions and ABAC projects and initiatives.
• Drive AML, sanctions and ABAC risk awareness across the organisation and foster a culture of compliance.
• Timely respond enquiry and requests from regulatory authorities, law enforcement, senior management and internal/external auditors.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Relevant tertiary education in a relevant discipline
• Strong understanding on relevant products, services, and transactions in the capital markets environment.
• Strong knowledge on AML/KYC, sanctions and ABAC legal and regulatory requirements, compliance principles and governance.
• Strong understanding of compliance and risk & control frameworks.
• Ability to prioritise and cope with a fast-paced business environment.
• Demonstrate sound judgement and risk-based decisions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and with the ability to network, engage and influence stakeholders for good compliance outcomes.
• Professional proficiency in English is required.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

Job Skills

Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Communication, Consulting, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Fraud Risk Management, Group Problem Solving, Internal Controls, Operational Integrity

Additional Job Details

Address:

AKASAKA 1-CHOME 8-1, 8F:MINATO CITY

City:

Minato City

Country:

Japan

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

Law and Compliance

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2024-04-17

Application Deadline:

2024-05-17

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