Overview:
Know Your Customer (KYC) role with a focus on onboarding institutional and accredited customers / counterparties. This role would be ideal for candidates with KYC experience and a keen interest for process improvement and digitalisation as at onset the candidate would also be involved in KYC vendor migration project.
Job Grade:
Associate, KYC Ops
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Conduct KYC reviews and risk profiling on new customers / counterparties onboarding.
- Perform event-triggered and periodic reviews on the existing customers / counterparties to ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Monitor the progress of KYC review statuses diligently, ensuring that all cases are tracked accurately and completed within established timelines.
- Conduct watchlist and negative news screening and dispositioning task.
- Assist with KYC policy and procedure refreshes.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- 1-3 years of experience in conducting KYC reviews for institutional and accredited customers / counterparties.
- Understanding of local and international regulatory requirements related to Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism is essential for success in this role.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to assess complex information objectively while maintaining meticulous attention to detail throughout the review process.
- Self-starter, comfortable executing independently in a team environment.
- CAMS certification a plus.
