This role focuses on risk-based analysis over routine box-ticking, providing expert support for onboarding and periodic reviews. You will partner closely with front-office stakeholders, ensuring robust compliance, thorough investigations, and timely completion of high-risk counterpart assessments in a dynamic, commercial environment.
You will need to be in the office 5 days per week in the first 6 months.
Key Responsibilities
* Perform onboarding, periodic, and event-driven KYC reviews of counterparties.
* Conduct sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening, escalating issues as needed.
* Gather, analyse, and verify complex documentation to support risk assessments.
* Apply sound judgment to deviations from standard requirements, documenting rationale and mitigating factors.
* Manage a personal caseload, collaborating with business teams to meet deadlines.
* Liaise with front-office stakeholders to clarify, escalate, and challenge issues constructively.
Requirements
* 2-5 years experiences in due diligence or KYC in a commercial or financial environment.
* Proven ability to handle complex, high-risk cases involving sophisticated corporate structures or PEPs.
* Excellent academic record with a strong university degree or equivalent professional qualification.
* Strong proficiency in screening tools and databases.
* Advantageous language skills (e.g., Russian, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese) will be a plus.
* Self-starter with strong organisational skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting.