As a KYC Operations Analyst within the KYC Operations Team, you will be tasked with ensuring the accuracy of all KYC and AML policies. Your role will involve assisting client-facing teams to maintain client KYC records in compliance with regulatory standards, and ensuring the high quality and timely completion of all client-level due diligence. Your daily responsibilities will include reviewing and verifying the accuracy and completeness of data collected for KYC records before they undergo a final review by the client-facing team. You will also be expected to stay updated with all regulatory changes and requirements related to 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 relevancy of public records, as it relates to customer information
- Posses 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
- 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 Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree level
- Knowledge of KYC is essential with at least 1 year 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
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Exposure to project management & process improvement techniques