Senior Associate/Specialist/Senior Specialist-Master Data Management

Role Purpose:

KYC (Know Your Customer)

This position is instrumental in safeguarding the organization against financial, operational, and reputational risks by ensuring that all customers, suppliers, and shipment partners meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements.

regulatory adherence

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Perform Level 1

  sanctions screening for all trade-related parties

  , including customers, suppliers, freight forwarders, Shipping Lines, Vessels, aircrafts, agents, and logistics partners.
• Validate KYC documentation and information accuracy;
• Screen counterparties using approved compliance tools and data-bases;
• Check counterparties for “red flags”
• Assess potential matches and escalate confirmed “true matches” or red flags to Group Compliance in accordance with internal escalation protocols.

• Support Group Compliance in the review and escalation of freight forwarding shipment transactions

  by providing initial screening insights, documentation, and coordination on potential sanctions hits or high-risk counterparties.
• Ensure accurate documentation retention for all screening activities.
• Ensure reviews are completed within defined timeframes and maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Liaise with freight forwarding operations and commercials teams to identify missing information and/or documentation.
• Collaborate with the compliance and logistics operations teams to

  block, investigate, and escalate

  transactions with potential sanctions hits.
• Support

  root cause analysis and corrective actions

  for false positives and screening errors to improve system efficiency.
• Contribute to the review and tuning of screening filters, tool enhancements, and technology optimisation to reduce false positives and drive efficiency
• Assist in developing and maintaining

  standard operating procedures (SOPs)

  for sanctions screening within logistics and shipment operations.
• Participate in

  compliance audits

  and

  training programs

  to enhance sanctions awareness.

Skills & Competencies:

• Proven experience in counterparties’ sanctions screening (Level 1)
• Familiarity with specialized sanctions screening tools (e.g.,

  Descartes, Dow Jones, World-Check, Accuity

  ).
• Prior experience in

  logistics, freight forwarding, shipping, or supply chain compliance

  is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with attention to detail.
• Understanding of

  global trade compliance frameworks

  ,

  restricted party screening

  , and

  export control regulations is a competitive advantage

  .
• Experience working in a global shared services or compliance operations environment.
• Certification in Data Management, Sanctions and Trade Compliance (ACAMS, ICA, ACSS etc) is a plus.

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Data Management, or a related field.
• Should have 1-2 years of working in KYC / Sanction screening process.
• Should preferably be from Freight Forwarding / Supply Chain Logistics background.
• Business experience managing data driven processes across multiple functions.
• Strong understanding of external data trends and industry requirements