Legal Office Part-Time Staff

Established in 1912, Bank of China is one of the largest banks in the world, with over $3 trillion in assets and a footprint that spans more than 60 countries and regions. Our long-term outlook, institutional weight and global breadth provide our clients with a stable and reliable financial partner, whether in Corporate or Personal Banking or our Trade Services, Commodities, Financial Institutions and Global Markets lines of business.

This position is responsible for assisting in performing independent quality control and risk assessment of daily operations and business transactions of the Branch including performing QA on periodic customer KYC Refresh, new customer on-boarding activities, trigger event reviews, and maintaining appropriate documentation in line with the Bank’s policies and procedures; delivering a range of support in the areas of fraud prevention, risk mitigation and quality control; assist in preparing relevant risk management and quality control reports and/or quality assurance reports as required, and performing any other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or Branch Management.

ABAC Compliance Program

• Assist in conducting ABAC risk assessment and ABAC testing across various areas, including Entertainment & Hospitality (E&H), QA by Owner Departments, customers and transactions monitoring, and deliver support in analyses and summaries and recordkeeping of information/documentation provided by Owner Departments, along with effective communication with respective departments;
• Assist in the ABAC audit projects and subsequent remediation, serving as the primary documentation contact for such purposes;
• Contribute to other implementation projects as requested by the VP/SVP, such as collecting and analyzing centralized E&H records periodically to enhance process efficiency.

Legal Document Drafting, Review, & Negotiation

• Assist in developing, reviewing, initial editing and assessment of contracts and other legal documents (mainly vendor contracts) to ensure implementation of key legal risk parameters across all contracts executed by the Bank.
• Participating in the bank-wide special projects as assigned by General Counsel, and assisting the project team from legal aspect, including, but not limited to, providing legal advisory, developing bank-wide policies and procedures, consulting and communicating with outside counsel; and
• Assisting with other matters assigned by General Counsel, including regulatory interpretation, issue resolution, communication with Head Office regarding legal matters.

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Law or other related disciplines. Master’s degree or above is highly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills are required
• Solid experience in legal drafting, researching and writing are required.
• Bilingual abilities in English and Chinese are highly preferred