KYC Analyst

ABOUT THE TEAM

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented analyst to join our growing and evolving Perpetual KYX team that sits within our First Line of Defence. In this role, you would be assisting in our battle against financial crime - to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing and other illicit financial activities. This would be achieved through the continual review and updating of member data in near real-time in order to provide ongoing data integrity and accurate risk management. This continuous CDD model involves dynamic monitoring of changes to member profiles by reviewing 'triggers' or 'alerts' that need verifying or updating due to discrepancies in the member profile based on numerous data sources. These triggers may be initiated by suspicious behaviour, a new entity designation, or a member amending identifying information. Through cross-platform research (e.g. Company's House, social media footprint, and transaction analysis), you'll complete a multitude of member-specific KYX-related analysis, perform Periodic and trigger alert reviews, wrongful type of entities reviews, nature of business analysis, along with close cooperation with different departments of the business.

Some of the things you'll be doing:

• Full account reviews (periodic and event-driven)
• Performing transactional reviews
• Maintaining the most up-to-date information for all existing members
• Communicating with members (written communication only)
• Operating with diverse data and documentation as part of the company's CDD and EDD processes
• Identifying areas of improvement that can result in an increase of efficiency and better member experience
• Assist on different Remediation Projects

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You are good in taking initiative and be naturally inquisitive about KYX principles and processes
• You have 1+ year's work experience working in KYC/compliance, preferably in a highly regulated environment
• You have a clear understanding and application of the UK regulatory landscape
• You have strong understanding and experience of CDD and EDD processes
• You have similar work experience, preferably in the financial services
• You have previous experience working on Google sheets
• You have an analytical mind–able to digest large data sets and spot patterns and trends with ease
• You have exceptional English communication skills – written and verbal
• You have the ability to work well as part of a team; decisive; goal-oriented; proactive; able to adapt to different people and styles

WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN

• Competitive salary
• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 15 days of Privilege leaves
• 12 days of Casual leaves
• 12 days of Sick leaves
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities