Client Data Associate - Exam Management

Join our team as a client data associate, where youll be instrumental in supporting regulatory submissions for a leading global bank.

Job Summary

As a Client Data Associate within the Exam Management Team, you will be responsible for defining, refining, and implementing our exam management strategy to cater to the needs of our operations and controls partners. Our team, a part of operations, specializes in handling KYC-related requests from both external entities such as regulators and internal teams including audit, compliance, and governance forums. Your primary goal will be to ensure the timely and process-compliant submission of relevant data points. Leveraging your deep understanding of the regulatory reporting landscape and strong analytical skills, you will demonstrate strategic thought leadership and deliver best practices to inform decisions across our business. If you are intellectually curious and passionate about promoting solutions across geographical boundaries, you could be the perfect fit for our team.

Job responsibilities

• Partners closely with Controls team to calibrate and deliver, for external and internal, request.
• Acts as a team player and ensures the submission of various RFI (Request for Information) and periodic reporting requirement, within the required deadlines.
• Identifies, raises and resolves issue identified during the processes in accordance with relevant standards and policies.
• Provides support to address ad hoc requests from various stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Stays abreast with changes of regulatory requirements and participate in implementation of new reporting requirements.
• Supports improvement agenda such as system automation and control uplift exercises. Improves process, controls, basis of preparation and procedural manuals for regulatory reporting.
• Monitor trends and develop key external relationships to advise on the use of new approaches, technologies, channels, etc. based on business priorities. Maintains strong controls in close partnership with internal functions and in accordance with company policies and regulatory changes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent required
• Minimum of 5 year of relevant financial industry experience is required.
• Strong business writing and verbal communication skills is required.
• Familiarity with global AML practices and specifically India KYC regulatory submission is required. Understanding of relevant statutory and regulatory requirements within the region in relation to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing to facilitate sustainable solutioning of processes.
• Strong organization skills and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Strong ability to build relationships with and influence colleagues, and functional partners along with control and quality management skills; accuracy and attention to detail is vital.
• Ability to drive issue resolution, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to execute consistently on deliverables and communicate status updates and strategic direction.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Excel, is required.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Ability to create a roadmap for strategic implementation.
• Exposure to regulatory submission or engagement across different geographies.
• Exposure to data-extraction solutions is good to have.