Description
We are seeking a Chinese-Speaking Research Analyst to join our Enhanced Due Diligence team in Kuala Lumpur.
As an APAC-focused Due Diligence Analyst, you will be helping banks, large corporates, and government agencies understand and manage their exposure to money laundering and corruption concerns, meet legal and regulatory requirements, and safeguard their commercial reputations.
You will research, analyse and write up complex, and sometimes controversial, media and human source insight to aid our clients in making impactful decisions at the investor onboarding stage.
Responsibilities:
- Researching and writing English-language compliance and intelligence reports on companies and individuals for due diligence and investigatory purposes;
- Providing subject matter expertise on the political, regulatory and corporate risk environments in major economies in the APAC region, with a focus on China;
- Conducting research in Chinese;
- Presenting to managers and clients.
Requirements:
- Excellent research and investigative skills;
- Professional working proficiency (i.e. ability to read and research) in Chinese is essential. Professional working proficiency in Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, or Burmese is desirable but not essential;
- As a minimum, a bachelor’s degree. Relevant degrees may include but are not limited to: economics, international relations, law, finance, political science, or similar; or equivalent work experience.
Benefits:
- 20 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 25 days in total);
- Hybrid working and flexible working hours;
- EPF (Employees Provident Fund with a contribution rate of 12% employer & 11% employee;
- Life Insurance 4X annual salary.
- Parental Support:
- Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year;
- Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay;
- Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.
- Various Health and Medical Benefits including:
- Private dental and medical insurance (taxable benefit) for you and your family;
- EAP programme for you and your immediate family;
- Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app