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KYC Operations Analyst - Japanese Speaking - APAC Shift
Role summary
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The KYC Operations Analyst supports customer due diligence and anti-money-laundering controls for clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Responsibilities typically include reviewing onboarding and periodic-review documentation, validating customer information, identifying discrepancies, escalating compliance risks, maintaining accurate records, and meeting quality and productivity targets. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree or relevant banking operations experience, strong attention to detail, analytical and organizational skills, and an understanding of KYC, AML, and sanctions requirements. Japanese and English fluency is expected, along with willingness to work an APAC shift, use internal systems, follow procedures, protect confidential information, and collaborate effectively with regional stakeholders.
Can I work in the Philippines?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Work permit route: the bank must post the job for Filipinos first, then file the permit and the 9(g) visa; senior and specialist posts are the realistic ones.
Before you apply: Dealing, advising and senior roles usually need a regulator's licence or approval, which checks your honesty, skills and finances. Ask if your job does.
Watch for: Graduate analyst roles are the hardest case: a permit is issued only if no Filipino is competent, able and willing to do the job (Labor Code, article 40).
Official source: Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa (9G). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the Philippines
Usual for Banking jobs in the Philippines, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Senior expat packages often add a housing allowance; local-hire contracts do not |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer files the permit and visa; fees are agreed in the contract; moving help for senior hires only |
| Flights | Yearly home flight in some senior expat packages; none for local hires |
| Contract | Regular after at most 6 months' probation (by law); foreigners' contracts follow the permit, 1 to 3 years |
| Leave | 5 days after 1 year; 10 regular holidays and 8 special days in 2026 (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% to PHP 250,000 a year (about USD 4,000), then 15% to 35%; 13th month tax-free to PHP 90,000 |
| Health cover | PhilHealth is deducted from pay and matched by the employer (by law); a company health plan is the office norm |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Citi Bank
Citi, formally Citigroup Inc., is a global financial services company headquartered in New York. It provides corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, transaction services, markets, wealth management, and consumer banking in selected markets. Citi operates across numerous countries and supports multinational corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individual customers. Its operations in the Philippines include technology, shared services, banking operations, risk management, compliance, and customer-support functions serving global businesses. The company places significant emphasis on regulatory compliance, responsible banking, operational controls, and managing financial crime risks. Employees often work in internationally structured teams and support processes spanning multiple time zones. Citi offers opportunities for professionals with language skills, particularly those supporting Asia-Pacific markets, although duties, compensation, and benefits depend on the specific position, experience, and employment arrangement.