**Front KYC Specialist**

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, from the perspective of regulatory expectations, bank policies and internal requirements
• Review of risk assessments carried out by Relationship Managers (RMs)
• Review of asset document sources and consistency with corroborating evidence and supporting benchmarks/market insights
• Identification and assessment of risks associated with opaque legal structures
• Review of name screening and adverse media screening results
• Ensure true matches are identified/addressed and risk factors and negative messages are escalated to front line management/compliance
• Reviewing client transaction activities for the period under review and ensuring compliance with the client's risk profile
• Identification of suspicious transactions/unusual transaction patterns
• Maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation of reviews and review reasons/decisions
• Ensuring the timely and qualitative fulfillment of assigned cases within a defined time frame
• Support with periodic/management related reports and status updates for internal governance
• Ensuring that a high quality service is provided to internal customers and assisting in the fulfillment of customer requirements where relevant
• Support with KYC training for the front office
• Processing ad hoc tasks assigned by the Front KYC Senior Specialist and Head BRM

Customer management (internal)

• Strong support for Front Management (Group Heads (GHs), Front Office (RMs)/Assistant RMs) and other Business Support Functions (Business Managers (BM), Business Risk Managers)
• Build strong relationships with other stakeholders/SMEs, including Client Documentation Services (CDS), Compliance, etc.

Requirements

Personal and social skills

• Methodical, meticulous and accurate in the execution of tasks; excellent at FLM and/or the highest RM
• Proactive in sharing opinions and providing solutions

Professional and technical skills

• Degree in a relevant field, preferably in finance/accounting/business
• At least 6 years of experience in a professional practice and/or in the financial services sector, preferably in private banking and AML/CFT compliance
• Basic knowledge of account documentation requirements in a private banking environment

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