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Front KYC Senior Specialist
The Front KYC Senior Specialist is responsible for reviewing KYC profiles and performing due diligence on client onboarding and vetting to ensure compliance with AML/CFT requirements. The Senior Specialist will also lead a team of KYC specialists and assist with quality assurance and risk assessment.
Job description
Tasks
- Performing KYC profile reviews and client due diligence checks during client onboarding, periodic reviews and other trigger reviews
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant KYC/AML/CFT requirements
- Review of risk assessments by relationship managers (RM)
- Review of source asset documentation and alignment with corroborating evidence and supporting benchmark/market insights
- Identification and assessment of risks associated with opaque legal structures
- Review of name screening and adverse media screening results
- Reviewing client transaction activities and ensuring alignment with client risk profiles
- Preparation of clear and comprehensive documentation of reviews and assessments
- Ensuring the timely and qualitative completion of assigned cases
- Support with periodic/management reporting and status updates
- Ensuring the quality of services for internal customers
- Support with KYC training for the front office
- Completion of ad hoc tasks
Management tasks
- Coach for the Front KYC Specialist Team
- Ensuring the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of team deliverables
- Second-level review of team performance
- Resource management and prioritization of tasks
- Proactive identification of risks and AML/CFT red flags
Further requirements
- Building strong relationships with other stakeholders
- Cooperation with stakeholders from the second and third line of defense
Requirements
Personal and social requirements
- Thorough, reliable, responsible and positive
- Self-motivated
- Ability to work under pressure and within tight deadlines
- Multitasking and ability to complete tasks independently
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Professional and technical requirements
- Degree with at least 7 years of experience in AML/CFT compliance functions in a private banking environment
- Good knowledge of customer documentation requirements and familiar with the AML/CFT regulatory requirements of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
- Knowledge of the regulatory requirements of the Monetary Authority of Singapore is an advantage
- Excellent time management skills
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