About the role



Financial Crime and Compliance department is responsible for ensuring that all financial crime and compliance risks within the Bank are identified, managed or mitigated. It establishes and maintains the Bank's regulatory communications, compliance risk management, regulatory reporting and compliance advisory. As an Assistant Vice President - Compliance Systems and Data Analytics, you will be responsible for designing and implementing end-to-end performance, optimisation and statistical validation of the Bank's global AML and Compliance systems. You will bridge Financial Crime Compliance Risk Advisory, Data Engineering and Model Risk Management teams to transform AML systems from rule-based approaches to data-driven, risk-based detection models while ensuring full regulatory coverage. This is a full time permanent position.




Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Financial Crime Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to translate complex risk typologies into quantifiable statistical and logical rules


• Design and implement the rules in the AML and Compliance systems


• Develop, implement and maintain advanced segmentation methodologies to group customers by risk profile and transaction behaviour using statistical approaches (e.g. statistical clustering, peer group analysis and percentiles)


• Formally author and own comprehensive Model Documentation, including technical methodology designs, parameter tables and mapping lineage to mitigate financial crime risks and regulatory expectations


• Conduct regular diagnostic reviews of scenario performance using automated quantitative workflows


• Design and execute mathematical tuning strategies using Above-the-Line (ATL) and Below-the-Line (BTL) testing methodologies to ensure optimal threshold limits


• Perform look-back (back-testing) exercises using historical data to ensure that proposed threshold adjustments continue to align the Bank's expectations and do not inadvertently drop or mask true suspicious behaviours


• Maintain automated Management Information (MI) suites, engineering interactive dashboards that track true-positive rates, alert-to-case conversion cycles and system health metrics


• Lead deep-dive data lineage and schema verification assessments between foundational upstream data lakes/feeders (e.g. core banking transaction streams) and downstream data consuming systems


• Validate technical system integration frameworks during major platform updates


• Establish and continuously verify data quality scripts to monitor data completeness, dropping records with scoring run errors or missing structural values before batch run execution


• Design comprehensive, automated testing suites for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Synthetic Data Testing to assess edge-case behaviours of new rules


• Conduct continuous market and regulatory reviews to ensure existing detection strategies remain compliant with evolving regulatory changes


• Pilot and integrate Machine Learning (ML) frameworks (such as isolation forests for unsupervised anomaly detection and decision trees for alert prioritisation) to augment traditional rule-based mechanisms


• Implement feedback loops that feed post-investigation outcomes directly back into analytical engines to iteratively refine model precision

Requirements

• Degree educated in Statistics, Data Science, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant subject


• Demonstrated experience in Transaction Monitoring rule governance and/or related Transaction Monitoring activities


• Proven experience optimising and configuring automated compliance systems (e.g. SironAML, SironOne, Actimize, Mantas, or Quantexa)


• Proven experience applying statistical modelling, supervised/unsupervised machine learning, and data clustering to highly imbalanced financial datasets


• Experience in tuning and optimisation of financial crime and market abuse detection scenarios, including threshold calibration above and below current operational limits


• Hands-on experience in ATL and BTL testing methodologies


• Knowledge of Banking products


• Knowledge of JMLSG Guidance, POCA and MLRs, sanctions compliance and GDPR


• Advanced programming skills in Python


• Advanced database skills in SQL


• Familiarity with BI and MI tools and machine learning methodologies


• Excellent communication skills


• Fluency in Mandarin is a plus, but not mandatory


• Analytical and problem solving skills


• Attention to detail


• Team player

Working here



Having a presence in the UK for more than 90 years, Bank of China London Branch has been providing an excellent financial service to the market and maintain its competitive edge as an international bank operated in the UK. It has employees in over 33 countries, and it is one of the most internationalised overseas branch in the Bank of China Group. The Bank values the diversity of its employees and aims to create an inclusive environment where everyone can speak up and enjoy the equal opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.




Learning and Development



We strive to offer you a continuous learning environment and we will invest in your development. We provide personalised and varied learning tools to support your growth and career through:

• access to the best in class qualifications from leading professional bodies such as the Professional Bankers Certificate and Green & Sustainable Finance Certificate from the Chartered Banker Institute


• 24/7 on-demand access to over 600 e-tutorials to build and refresh core and advanced banking knowledge


• regular pan-bank stay connected sessions to keep in touch with what is going on across the bank and build your network


• exploring your unique and collective strengths and development areas to become the best version of yourself using the globally renowned Insights personality profile


• developing our People Managers to help coach and guide you towards success, through our 9-month People Manager Development Programme

• encouraging a "growth" personal mindset and promoting continuous professional development (CPD) through annual events such as Learning at Work Week


• embracing change in a fast-moving industry and encouraging a forward-looking perspective on career development to "future-proof" your career


• promoting cross cultural intelligence and to seek out diverse and inclusive perspectives on challenges faced and their solutions

Benefits



We provide an attractive and comprehensive benefits package, offering flexibility that can enable you to select the benefits that suits your needs, including:



Private

Healthcare



Pension



Employee Assistance Programme



Complimentary

Lunch



Cycle to

work scheme



Retail

Discounts




Meet our People



Celine Luo

Assistant Vice President, Financial Crime and Compliance



Bank of China is a great platform for everyone who wants to gain different knowledge and self-development. I started as a Junior Associate and had the opportunities to gain invaluable working experience in two different departments. I am happily working here, as an Assistant Vice President in the Financial Crime and Compliance department. I believe I will continue to grow here, not only in my career development but also in my personal wellbeing.



Daniel Shulakov

Senior Associate,

Credit Management



I joined Bank of China as a university graduate and I believe I have found the best place for me. From the first day my priority was always to learn. This was quickly recognised by my department, which provided me with the platform to grow, and my colleagues have been very helpful in the guidance they have provided me with along my journey. There are ample opportunities to grow with the Bank and it all depends on how much one would like to develop themselves.



Rita Cobbold

Vice President - Head of Customer Due Diligence, CFU Middle Office



I have been working at Bank of China for almost 8 years. In March 2022 I was promoted to VP - Head of Customer Due Diligence and I lead the CDD Unit. There are so many great things about working for the company. My favourite is probably the Bank's commitment to identifying talent and nurturing them to develop into great leaders. The Bank embraces employees of all experience levels, backgrounds, and beliefs. They understand the value of a diverse team and make efforts to hire a variety of people. Working here has really enhanced my knowledge, my understanding of different cultures, leadership skills and a sense of direction for the future.



Ashley Watson

AVP - Security Operations & Risk Manager, General Administration



Over the past four years at Bank of China UK, I have had the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally in my role as the Security Operations and Risk Manager. My role involves safeguarding the bank's operations through robust risk management and proactive security strategies. Every day brings new challenges, and the dynamic nature of the role keeps me engaged and motivated. One of the most rewarding aspects of working here is being part of a truly diverse and multicultural environment. Collaborating with colleagues from different backgrounds has broadened my perspective and enriched both my professional and personal experiences.