Job Description
KYC analysts are integral members of project teams and typical responsibilities include:
- Ensuring legislation, regulations, policies & procedures, along with Customer Due Diligence requirements are still being met on a rolling cycle including the source of wealth, verification of beneficial ownership, etc.
- Liaise with Compliance department and senior management within business units supported.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with business functions to ensure effective co-operation, communication, and seek opportunity to promote higher regulatory standards and awareness.
- Oversee new client onboarding and implement process enhancements to improve the client onboarding experience.
- Participate in completing tests on controls to ensure they remain robust.
- Re-assess client risk categorization.
- Re-review Know Your Customer due diligence, including Politically Exposed Persons and Adverse Media screening.
- Respond to ad hoc query reviews in a timely and professional manner.
- Manage and update client files
- Assist with client management to ensure the smooth operation of accounts
- Ensure that relevant policies and processes are adhered to.
- Provide ongoing review & refresh support and complete all general queries to support the Account Management team.
- Liaise with account managers back office and front staff with regards to accounts review and refresh
- Participating in the development, testing and implementation of new and enhanced systems and processes as and when required.
Qualification and Requirements
- Proven experience in a similar Compliance re-review / remediation role either for a FX firm, consumer lending business or retail bank preferred
- Demonstrate superior analytical skills, alongside advanced problem-solving;
- Be able to build trusting and collaborative relationships across the Business;
- Demonstrate strong IT skills, including Internet and email, computers, word processing, and spreadsheets