KYC Maker Associate

Role Description:

• Be part of a dedicated functional team forClient Onboarding and KYC activities for North America that provides the following support:
• Perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and client documentation analysis in support of the approval of new customers and amendments to existing ones identifying and applying regulatory requirements of the different applicable jurisdictions and internal procedures.
• Study of legal and commercial documents in order to understand clients activity structure and risk associated.
• Obtain a general understanding of and execute AML (Anti money laundering) policies and internal procedures in accordance with local and global principles.
• Daily interaction with Sales/Bankers (Front office) to obtain required documents.
• Address business questions and advise about onboarding requirements and status.
• Quality Control activities: In-depth knowledge of procedures and systems to ensure onboarded clients are compliant with all applicable rules protecting reputation assets and finances of the bank.
• Control and follow up of Pending Client Documentation by liaising with internal Lines of Business.
• Perform client searches and accurately communicate the information requested.
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are updated reflecting the latest procedures.
• Teamwork with other supporting areas such as Legal Compliance Internal Controls Technology Client Services as well as with other Regional and Global Client Onboarding teams.
• Prepare data or reports as required by regulatory needs related to clients.
• Produce and maintain client set up metrics from a regional perspective.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Lead or Participate in special projects.
• Organize workload among different team members define priorities.
• Excellent verbal written and interpersonal communication skills
• Highly organized proactive and motivated with strong prioritization skills innovation and problem solving skills and a control mindset with the ability to deliver value-added support to business partners and clients in a timely and accurate manne.
• Sense of urgency/ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines
• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to accept new assignments and challenges in a rapidly changing environment as well as handling multiple task and changing priorities on a daily basis
• Lead meetings or conference calls with internal clients providing status on processes.
• Excel skills (Word and PowerPoint a plus)

Requirements:

• University degree (Business Administration Economics Law Information Technology Engineering etc).
• Fluent English is mandatory both written and verbally. Formal communication in English is required on the daily tasks.
• Prior experience with deadlines for time sensitive projects
• Prior experience in documentation management
• Management Experience of small teams (team lead/supervisor) is a plus
• Relevant experience (over 5 years) preferably within a financial institution