KYC Specialist

Immediate Joiners only

This position will be responsible for delivery of KYC operations.

The operations will cover:

1. Risk assessment of the customer/client/counterparty (herein after referred to as customer)

2. Renewals

3. Remediations

4. Client out

The process will include:

1. Assessing the underlying risk of a customer (covering but not limited to registration, regulatory/license, nature of business, legal status, ownership structure, key personnel, sanctions, PEP/SOE and adverse news)

2. Extracting & validation information from different sources (databases, company websites, open web searches)

3. Performing due diligence and prepare exhaustive due diligence reports The individual will work in close partnership with the operations teams to ensure accurate and complete data quality and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

- Registration and license overview of the customer

- Conduct ownership (direct and indirect) reviews

- Identify key stakeholders controlling a customer

- Perform Sanctions, Watch List, PEP and Adverse New Screening

- Analyse screening results

- Prepare Risk Summaries on the basis of the available, collated and researched information.

- Conduct quality reviews (Peer QA and QC)

- Prepare MIS reports and documentation related to the tasks

- Interact with the customer and discuss the output

6 to 8 years experience with Global Financial Institutions, with strong hands-on experience in handling all operations (on-boarding, renewals and remediations) and all processes (legal checks, ownership reviews, screening and risk profiling) - Strong domain knowledge - Excellent research skills, especially to unwrap ownership layers across different kinds of legal entities - Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)