Principal Specialist, Financial Crime Compliance (Bangkok-based, Relocation Provided)
Core
Senior Manager leading Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) to prevent and detect regulatory, sanctions, trade, economic, and financial crime risks for a global travel platform.
Role type
Senior Manager, Financial Crime Compliance (IC)
Builds
Financial crime compliance framework, policies, procedures, controls, and governance arrangements for Agoda's business and payment activities.
Domain
Travel / FinTech / Financial Crime Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Financial crime compliance expertise, economic sanctions knowledge (US & global), AML, customer/business due diligence, transaction monitoring, regulatory translation, project management, stakeholder management, risk assessment, control design, remediation planning, outsourced operations oversight, compliance training delivery.
Preferred skills
Payments or FinTech industry experience, APAC environment experience, product/technology/operations team collaboration.
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Provide practical advice on financial crime matters including sanctions and AML; Develop and maintain FinCrime policies and processes; Support design and implementation of FCRM controls and governance; Translate regulatory requirements into actionable business processes; Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (FinTech, Fraud, Legal, IT, etc.); Support due diligence, beneficial ownership, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, investigations, and case management; Support risk assessments and remediation initiatives; Provide oversight of outsourced operations and technology providers; Develop and deliver compliance training; Prepare management updates on regulatory developments; Support risk mitigation plans and governance arrangements.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC with strategic growth responsibilities