Client Documentation Specialist

Job description

About the role

At Leonteq, we are a leading player in the financial industry, renowned for our innovative approaches, our commitment to excellence and our entrepreneurial values. People together, passion, dedication, quality and expertise are our guiding north star.

Tasks

• Handling customer onboarding—communicating with customers for relevant know-your-client documentation, complying with internal customer acceptance and due diligence policies and procedures, including related AML/KYC tasks such as name checks, clarifications, dispositions, and assessments with regard to PEPs or adverse media and/or other high-risk factors.
• Ensuring that the above customer onboarding processes comply with the relevant KYC and AML/KYC requirements of the competent authorities such as MAS, SFC, and DFSA.
• Advice on customer-related onboarding/KYC issues in connection with AML/KYC.
• Preparation of internal customer notes/evaluations on onboarding/KYC-related AML/KYC issues.
• Planning and responsibility for specific customer reviews in the context of the above regulations.
• Participation in various customer projects, e.g. evaluations of new business models, implementation of new software tools.
• Documentation and lifecycle management of relationships, including the maintenance of customer data.
• Support during the examination (preparation of files for examiners, discussion of questions and results with examiners, etc.).

Requirements

• Preferably 2-3 years of experience in the financial sector in a similar compliance, audit, or consulting role.
• Knowledge of the financial market laws and regulations of Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai or equivalent.
• Dedicated personality with strong team leadership skills and willingness to take on responsibility.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to set priorities and work independently and under pressure, manage own goals and set priorities.
• Degree in law, compliance, finance, business administration or a related field.
• Ability to read and write fluently in English and Mandarin.
• Good MS Office skills.

Nice to Have

• Fluency in an additional Asian language is a plus.

We offer

• Experience in the dynamic environment of a leading fintech company.
• Insight into all departments to understand the mechanisms of the structured investment product value chain.
• Be part of a multinational team.
• Work in modern facilities in an exceptional location.