Overview of Division/Department

Standard description for APCF

About Us
MIZUHO BANK IS THE BANKING SUBSIDIARY OF MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN TOKYO, JAPAN. MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. IS THE 15TH LARGEST BANK IN THE WORLD, AS MEASURED BY TOTAL ASSETS OF APPROXIMATELY US 2 TRILLION. MIZUHO'S 55,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN OVER 800 OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, EMEA, AND ASIA.

MIZUHO BANK SINGAPORE BRANCH HAS AN ESTABLISHED LOCAL PRESENCE WITH OVER 50 YEARS OF HISTORY AND SERVES AS THE REGIONAL HUB FOR THE BANK'S APAC OPERATIONS.

OPERATING WITH A FULL BANK LICENSE, MIZUHO BANK SINGAPORE BRANCH PROVIDES BANKING SERVICES TO OVER 2,000 JAPANESE AND NON JAPANESE CORPORATE CLIENTS, WITH A STAFF STRENGTH OF ABOUT 1,000 EMPLOYEES. WE PROVIDE EXPERTISE IN CORPORATE FINANCE, TRADE FINANCE, CASH MANAGEMENT, FUNDS TRANSFERS, PROJECT FINANCE, AND TREASURY SERVICES TO HELP BUSINESSES DEVELOP AND FIND NEW OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH OUR AFFILIATE COMPANY, MIZUHO SECURITIES, TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT BANKING SOLUTIONS TO OUR CLIENTS.


Job Responsibilities
1. Provide advice and guidance on Financial Crime matters across Mizuho Financial Group's Asia Pacific (APAC) offices
2. Provide support and assist in the design, development, delivery and execution of best-in-class compliance framework and programmes.
3. Provide support in compliance transformation programme development and execution, and prepare communication and status updates to stakeholders.
4. Lead in the identification, assessment and management of key compliance risks across the region
5. To provide support in the oversight of the country compliance teams and the execution of the compliance programme in APAC so as to ensure regional consistency and minimum standards
6. Build strong and effective relationships with stakeholders across different functions and countries
7. Provide on-site support in APAC offices as required


Job Requirements

• Provide advisory support to APAC branches/subsidiaries on financial crime (money laundering, sanctions and bribery) matters including:
  
  • Responding to various consultations and inquiries from APAC branches/subsidiaries
    
  • Work in collaboration with FC (Transformation) on guidance and support for APAC branches/ subsidiaries
    
  • Working in partnership with APAC local compliance teams to enhance the effectiveness of existing FC procedures through various methods, including best practice sharing
    
  • Provide on-site support (when required)
    

• Administrative role on the following:
  
  • CAP submission - Preliminary review and advice on CAP submissions pertaining to AML.
    

• • SCVR submission - Advice and response on inquiries, coordination with APOC on assessment to determine the filing (or otherwise)
    

• • HO Compliance submission - the function of gathering, consolidating and reporting of information required by HO Compliance (FCCD and CD) from respective APAC offices.
    
    

• Build strong and effective relationships with stakeholders
  
• Drive regional consistency and minimum standards
  
• Together with Financial Crime (Transformation) provide direction and guidance to country compliance teams
  
• Closely communicate with APAC offices to collect the first-hand information for their daily concerns and issues, provide practical solutions to ease the problems
  
• Attend and organize meetings with APAC offices to be aware of the latest country updates and provide advice and feedback where applicable
  
• Able to work independently, including travel or posted in overseas offices (when required)