KYC Operations Analyst (fix-term contract)

If youre passionate about research data analysis and making a real impact in the financial industry we invite you to bring your expertise to our team. Join us and become a trusted advisor in the fight against financial crime while advancing your career in a supportive and innovative environment.

As a KYC Operations Analyst within our global team you will have the opportunity to develop your analytical skills and gain extensive knowledge in KYC from colleagues and stakeholders worldwide. You will be responsible for ensuring all KYC and AML policies are adhered to assisting client-facing teams to ensure all client KYC records are compliant with regulatory standards and ensuring high quality and timely completion of all client-level due diligence. You will also review the collection and verification of data to ensure all KYC records are accurate and complete prior to a final review by the client-facing team. This role will require you to stay current with all regulatory changes and requirements around client KYC Suitability and Documentation.

Job responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong independent responsibility and extensive knowledge in working with international Anti Money Laundering compliance-related issues
• Identifies and assesses relevancy of public records as it relates to customer information
• Possesses an in-depth understanding of AML typologies inherent in individual clients and large multinational corporations
• Conducts a thorough investigation to establish the presence of AML typologies through an extensive review of transactions determines any correlations or anomalies in the data based on reasonable expectations and prior experience and ascertains if activity between originators and beneficiaries have valid economic purpose based on their investigation andfindings
• Makes a judgment on the risk based on all findings
• Independently produces complete and accurate reports of their investigations findings decisions and recommendations for use by line of business and KYC Officers
• Proactively identifies opportunities to refine a process and increase operational efficiencies

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Educated to Bachelors or Masters Degree level
• Knowledge of KYC is essential with at least 3 years experience (Audit Control Risk AML and Research may also be areas of experience)
• Knowledge of BSA/AML and other AML regulatory policies with a strong understanding of AML typologies geography products customer type and expected type of activity in order to effectively identify risk and unusual activity
• Proficiency in investigative techniques and pattern recognition and previous success in complex analysis and investigation with unstructured data populations
• Understanding of the banking industry especially correspondent banking
• Exceptional research and analytical skills with the ability to analyze large amounts of data; decipher higher risk attributes (transactional geographical product customer type etc) and to identify trends and potential high-risk activity and to document conclusions appropriately