I know someone doing the exact same role in Citibank. She couldn't wait to get out! While the Citibank brand IS glamorous, you need to be doing the right jobs. For example, Corporate and Investment Banking @ Citicorp. Or Emerging Markets Credit Trading (Treasury Division). But I think both departments were moved to Singapore recently.

AMLA to Credit Analyst? Funny, but no. AML is like 0.001% what a Credit Analyst must be aware of. If you seriously want to be a Credit Analyst, I suggest you start off by doing actual Credit work. And go complete your CCP Business or equivalent certification. Get used to presenting your papers to a bunch of senior people as credit analysts will be required to present his/her case to the Credit Committees /EXCO/BOD. That is, if you survive pushing your case thru Credit Underwriting whose sole responsibility would be to tear your case a new one.

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I agree with Kelvin. Your math has some serious issues man. But you are spot on with your take about the prospects of the job. The AMLA role is very very limited in job scope and skills transferability. This is obvious. How can you grow into a more challenging role when all you seem to do is to do the same stuff over and over again? What is/has been the takeaway from your X years on the job?

Gross hourly wage is derived from gross salary divided by total hours worked.

Net hourly wage is net salary (gross salary minus EPF, Socso, Income Tax etc) divided by total hours worked.

Is this so difficult a concept to grasp?

Depends. If you are NOT working now, and desperately need a job...then go ahead.

If you are already working and thinking about a career change, then I seriously suggest that you reconsider. Ask yourself this - what do I WANT to do in the next 5 years?

You'd have to weigh your options. What are the chances of your securing an offer from the other interviews? I think only you can really answer this.

If you wanna play safe, you can go ahead and accept the Citibank offer but bear in mind that it might be difficult for you to attend interviews once you start work. It may also be difficult for you to leave once you start work as you would have by then signed the employment contract and would hence need to abide with the notice period etc.

If you haven't notice already, the employment market is heating up. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of opportunities for someone of caliber. Vacancies within then banking industry is so dire that banks are pinching staff from other banks and paying off the 3 months notice on top of the 6 months penalty under BNM GP4.

Good luck.

Me, in HR? Heaven forbid! I'm currently an analyst by trade, attached to a bank here in KL. But many years ago (in an unrelated career path) I have had the "privilege" of being called up to Labour Court as a witness in a labour case brought by an employee against my employer for unlawful termination. But I digress....

The job market is currently an employee's market (well, in banking at least) as highlighted in my earlier post where one of my colleagues was "snatched" by a rival bank with 24hr notice. In fact, just today I was speaking to my HR Relationship manager who lamented having to fill 6 medium/senior positions left vacant recently. To top it off, my SME Banking division has launched a staff get staff campaign which rewards staff members with cash if they successfully bring someone into the organization.

My interest here is to provide guidance for the betterment of the few within the lowyat community who seek advice in their careers. Why? Well, just because I wished I had someone to guide me in my career when I was fresh out of uni.

I'm hardly someone who (and I quote) "illustrate, delineate, and perhaps reprimand those who have an inkling of an idea in leaving the corp for greener pastures to just nip it in the bud".

There are maverick employers who skirt around the EA 1955. Just like in any industry (anything really, even religion - heard the case about priests molesting churchboys?) there are bound to be some bad apples. Speaking strictly from a person in the banking industry, the EA 1955 is strictly complied with. For the lower level employees, my employer is additionally bound by the NUBE Collective Agreement.

In my years as a salaryman, I have been a clerk, an engineering site supervisor, an office administrator (among other things) before I graduated and settled with a career in finance. Early in my working life, I've been asked to work on Sundays and Public Holidays. But I was always paid double or triple respectively.

As an executive, I'm expected to exercise judgment when it involves working on a rest days/public holidays as I no longer qualify for Sunday pay/rest day pay or OT. But I do work on my off days occasionally, on my own accord, finishing up my work at home when there is a need for it. And I do it because I want to get the job done, nothing more, nothing less.

It's the role, not the bank.