Responsibilities:
- Manage personal workload and ensure timely escalation of key risks/issues to management
- Handle, review and verify all applications for client on-boarding within available SLAs
- Maintain a good relationship and work closely with Relationship Partner Teams and clients to obtain all necessary supporting evidence to fulfil KYC due diligence
- Proficiency in compliance applications and programmes such as Refinitiv World-Check & Jumio
- Act as a checker to ensure effective 2-eyed and 4-eyed customer due diligence process
- Conduct risk assessments, periodic/trigger reviews and enhanced due diligence
- Monitor and document unusual activity or AML flags
- Participate in internal and external training programs related to AML/CFT and other relevant subjects
- Handle general administration and ancillary activities related to the above functions in accordance with business requirements
- Review constitutional documents of corporate clients and their related parties
- Conduct open-source searches on regulation, public listing and licensing status
- Perform World Check screening against PEP, TF, Adverse Media and ML risk
- Translate corporate documents to English
- Prepare senior management and MLRO escalation forms with detailed descriptions of risks posed by clients
- Provide feedback on system malfunctions, gaps and necessary upgrades
- Implement procedures in the onboarding environment, pointing out procedural gaps
- Detect suspicious and falsified documentation
- Ensure accurate manual data entry
Requirements:
- At least 3 years experience in a corporate onboarding role with substantial knowledge of relevant rules and regulations
- Fluent English speaker; additional European language knowledge is a plus
- Knowledge of multiple client types (e.g., Non-Operating/Asset Holding Companies, Funds, Partnerships, Segregated Portfolio Companies, Trusts) and multiple EEA jurisdictions
- Experience in reviewing AML Policies and Procedures and identifying control gaps
- Good knowledge of Virtual Asset Service Providers business types
- Experience handling reviews of high risk and complex KYB cases and conducting reviews of Financial Institutions and Broker client profiles
- Highly preferred for candidates to possess ACAMS/CAMS/CCAS/ICA certifications or others
- Strong time management, organisational and relationship building skills
- Adaptable in an evolving and fast-moving environment
- Good knowledge of provisions of local laws, directives, regulations and standards applicable to subject persons
- Good knowledge of upcoming regulations of virtual currency policies is a strong plus