KYC Analyst

Responsibilities:

1. Knowledge and hands-on experience in the end-to-end KYC process
2. Conducting Due Diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) research for clients as part of the business-wide Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance
3. Researching, executing, and reviewing negative media alerts from client screening and escalating where necessary
4. Screening PEP and Sanctions hits and escalating if there are true hits
5. Liaising with Relationship Managers and stakeholders for changes to client information in the repository and data portals
6. Obtaining KYC documents
7. Understanding the KYC requirements of various entities
8. Determining the Beneficial Owner and calculating its effective percentage
9. Providing support to the CRM team by managing the submission process for KYC reviews and new business requests
10. Working with Compliance to raise requests for any approvals to satisfy Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) requirements
11. Meeting production target volumes and dates as advised
12. Assisting with other tasks
13. Collaborating with various internal teams
14. Being available to work UK shift timings

Qualifications for KYC Analyst:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2 to 5 years of KYC experience preferred
• Work experience in the Corporate financial services industry is preferred
• Familiarity with AML/KYC regulations and industry guidelines (FATF, JMLSG, FATCA, Wolfsberg, Basel)
• Good reading comprehension and critical reasoning skills