KYC Officer (6-month Contract)

Compliance (Onboarding, KYC, Transactional due diligence)

• Conduct CDD and Trade KYC reviews for Corporate and FI customers in accordance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Review customer information and documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable regulatory and internal requirements.
• Perform L1 screening, adverse media reviews, customer background checks, and ongoing due diligence, ensuring timely disposition of alerts and appropriate escalation of identified risks.
• Prepare thorough and well-reasoned onboarding and periodic review assessments and write-ups, ensuring high standards of quality, accuracy, completeness, and sound risk assessment.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end onboarding, periodic review and CDD pipeline, driving client outreach, document collection, stakeholder coordination, issue resolution and escalation to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain oversight of outstanding cases and matters, provide regular status updates to stakeholders, and escalate issues promptly to facilitate timely resolution and mitigate execution delays.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination between customers, Relationship Managers, Compliance, Operations, and other stakeholders throughout the onboarding and periodic review lifecycle.
• Proactively engage customers and stakeholders to obtain required information and documentation, driving effective follow-up to ensure timely fulfilment of onboarding, review, and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal audits, quality assurance reviews, and regulatory examinations by providing accurate, complete, and timely documentation and information.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC/CDD, and other regulatory requirements, and apply them effectively in the execution of responsibilities.
• Demonstrate strong ownership, accountability, and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach in managing deliverables, resolving issues, and driving matters to completion.

Data & Info Management

• Maintain accurate customer and screening records, ensuring information is current and reflects the latest available documentation in line with internal requirements.
• Maintain accurate and well-organized customer records and supporting documentation, including adherence to prescribed filing and file-naming conventions, to facilitate efficient retrieval and audit readiness.