Kerja Sepenuh Masa, Senior Compliance Operations Specialist di Xionex Federal Territory - Maukerja

Senior Compliance Operations Specialist

Location: Malaysia

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 5+ years

Company: Xionex

About Xionex

Xionex is building a GenAI-native operations platform for banking and insurance. Our solutions help financial institutions modernize complex operational processes across KYC, AML, payments, trade finance, and insurance operations.

We are looking for a Senior Compliance Operations Specialist with strong hands-on experience in compliance and financial crime operations to help design, improve, and operationalize compliance processes for regulated financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and perform complex KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, CDD and EDD activities.

* Review and investigate complex or high-risk alerts, customer profiles, transactions, and cases.

* Assess potential financial crime risks and determine appropriate escalation and disposition of cases.

* Conduct detailed reviews involving PEPs, sanctions, adverse media, unusual transactions, and high-risk customers.

* Ensure compliance reviews and investigations are properly documented and maintain a strong audit trail.

* Provide subject-matter expertise on compliance operations, controls, and investigative processes.

* Review existing compliance workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, controls, and turnaround time.

* Translate regulatory and operational requirements into clear processes, business rules, workflows, and operating procedures.

* Work closely with product, technology, and operations teams to develop and implement automated and AI-enabled compliance workflows.

* Participate in testing and validation of compliance rules, alerts, workflows, and system enhancements.

* Support the development and maintenance of SOPs, process maps, control frameworks, and operational documentation.

* Conduct quality assurance reviews and identify recurring errors, control weaknesses, and process gaps.

* Support client implementations, process transformation initiatives, and operational readiness activities.

* Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to junior compliance and operations team members.

* Keep up to date with relevant AML/CFT, KYC, sanctions, and financial crime regulatory requirements.

Requirements

* Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Banking, Accounting, Business, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related discipline.

* 5+ years of relevant experience in compliance operations, AML/KYC, transaction monitoring, financial crime operations, or banking operations.

* Strong hands-on experience in one or more of the following:

* AML / Transaction Monitoring

* KYC / Customer Due Diligence

* Enhanced Due Diligence

* Sanctions & PEP Screening

* Financial Crime Investigations

* Customer Risk Assessment

* Strong understanding of compliance operations within banking or other regulated financial institutions.

* Ability to independently handle complex cases and make well-supported recommendations or escalations.

* Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.

* Excellent attention to detail and documentation skills.

* Ability to translate compliance requirements into practical operational processes.

* Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with business, operations, product, and technology teams.

* Good written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

* Professional certification such as CAMS, ICA, or equivalent.

* Experience working with AML/KYC platforms, transaction monitoring systems, sanctions screening tools, or case management systems.

* Banking experience in payments, trade finance, retail banking, corporate banking, or financial crime operations.

* Familiarity with MAS, FATF, or other relevant AML/CFT regulatory frameworks.

* Experience in compliance process transformation, workflow automation, or digital transformation.

* Experience working with AI-enabled compliance or operations solutions is an advantage.

What You’ll Do at Xionex

At Xionex, you will combine your compliance expertise with technology to help transform traditional financial-services operations.

You will contribute across:

Compliance Expertise → Process Design → Operational Controls → Workflow Automation → AI-enabled Compliance Operations

Why Join Xionex?

* Work on GenAI-native solutions for banking and insurance.

* Apply your compliance expertise to real-world financial-services transformation.

* Work closely with technology, product, and banking specialists.

* Help shape how compliance operations can be improved through automation and AI.

* Gain exposure to complex banking processes and next-generation financial technology.